From 17 to 20 October 2022, the Week of the Italian Language in the World was also held in Tanzania. This year’s theme, “Italian and young people” was very interesting for the Country, with an average age of about 18 years and which is experiencing a 3% population growth rate per year. For the occasion, […]
Read moreRoughly 800 enterprises, of which about 100 Italian or local, although wholly Italian-owned, participated in the Italy-Tanzania Business and Investment Forum held in Zanzibar and in Dar es Salaam. The event, organised by the Italian Embassy in Dar es Salaam, ICE – the Italian Trade Agency, the Italian and Tanzanian Foreign Ministries, the Tanzania Investment […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Marina Sereni presided over the sixth annual meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation, also attended by the Director General for Development Cooperation, Fabio Cassese and the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Luca Maestripieri. Representatives from other Authorities in charge of the matters under discussion also took part in […]
Read moreThe Italian Cultural Institute of Pretoria and Durban’s Centre for Creative Arts are pleased to present the theatrical show “Twenty thousand leagues under the seas”, of the Italian theatre company ‘Teatro Potlach’, to be staged for the first time in South Africa, as part of Durban’s Poetry Africa festival. Taking cue from Jules Verne’s novel, […]
Read moreToday, on the sidelines of the High-Level Week of the United Nations 77th General Assembly, Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Qatar, in conjunction with the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Kenya and Somalia, promoted a high-level side event on the humanitarian emergency in the Horn of Africa. The Horn […]
Read moreItaly’s Ambassador in Dar es Salaam, Marco Lombardi, met – along with other European ambassadors – with the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania, Tullia Ackson. During the meeting, they addressed all the major issues regarding cooperation between the EU and Tanzania. As far as Italy is concerned, the Speaker wanted to thank our […]
Read moreItaly favourably welcomes the Tigray Regional Government’s willingness to comply with an immediate negotiated cease of hostilities and an African Union-led negotiation process. To this end, we urge the Ethiopian Government to consider this new opportunity for the good of the Ethiopian population and nation, and of the entire region. It is in this spirit […]
Read moreThe Italian Cooperation has allocated an emergency contribution of 250,000 euros to the activities of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Sudan in response to the growing humanitarian needs in the Country caused by the floods affecting the southern regions in Sudan. This contribution will allow IFRC to support […]
Read moreItaly firmly condemns the attack launched by Al Shabaab against the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu, expresses its sympathy with the families of the victims and with the Somalian people and institutions and calls for the perpetrators to be quickly brought to justice. Italy remains in the forefront in combating terrorism and all forms of violent […]
Read moreThe Italian Cultural Institute in Dakar sponsors the new edition of ‘EurAsia Auditions On Tour in Senegal’ organised by the international network of the EurAsia Dance Project directed by Stefano Fardelli in partnership with the M’Bosse Danse company and in association with the Alliance Française de Kaolack, the Résidence Mame Diarra de Kaolack and the […]
Read moreIn response to the long drought affecting the Horn of Africa, and its consequences, Italian Cooperation is providing emergency funding of 500,000 euro for the work of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Somalia. The grant will allow the IFRC to support Somalia’s Red Crescent Society in its early […]
Read moreAzule Energy has been officially launched. It is a new 50/50 joint venture company established by Eni and BP through the combination of the two companies’ Angolan businesses in the exploration and production of hydrocarbons. The agreement, which follows the memorandum of understanding between Eni and the British company signed in May 2021, lays down […]
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