Africa

Diplomatic Network

29 November 2021

Week of Italian Cuisine: more than fifty events in Tanzania

For the 2021 Week of Italian Cuisine in the world, there were more than fifty events in Tanzania that fearured the Michelin starred chef Valentino Palmisano and the food influencer Silvia Lazzerini. These two guests of honour provided their contribution to gala dinners, cooking lessons, and other promotional events of Italian cuisine that took place […]

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Press Releases

27 November 2021

Foreign Ministry Note – Travel restrictions from South Africa and other southern African countries

The Foreign Ministry, through the Crisis Unit and the Embassies and Consulates on the ground, is carefully monitoring the effects of the recent ordinance issued by the Ministry of Health, which has introduced travel restrictions from South Africa and other countries in the southern African region. The Embassies involved, acting in liaison with the Crisis […]

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Diplomatic Network

26 November 2021

Italian Film Festival in South Africa

The Italian Embassy in Pretoria, with the Italian Institute of Culture, the General Consulate of Italy in Johannesburg, the Italian Consulate in Cape Town and the Italian Embassy in Zimbabwe, present  “The Italian Film Focus in Southern Africa 2021” on the MYmovies platform. The 21st edition of the Italian Film Festival will be held from […]

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Diplomatic Network

26 November 2021

Ghana: Week of Italian Cuisine event “Sapori d’Italia – Taste of Italy”

The sixth Week of Italian Cuisine in the World was celebrated in Ghana with the event “Sapori d’Italia – Taste of Italy” organised by the Embassy of Italy in Accra and the local Italian Trade Agency office, to promote the excellence of our wine production and the Italian agri-food chain. In the presence of Mark […]

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Press Releases

25 November 2021

Sereni: Africa and Italy are developing a strong partnership

“A strong partnership in support of the economic vocation of Africa is a priority of our foreign policy, as the document of strategic orientation on Africa issued last December clearly states”. The Vice Minister Marina Sereni declared this in a video address presented at the Summit held in Johannesburg by the European House Ambrosetti to […]

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Diplomatic Network

25 November 2021

Dakar, Christina Bowerman guest for the Week of Italian Cuisine

The Italian chef Cristina Bowerman is the guest of honor for the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World that starts today in Dakar and will end on November 26. In the capital of Senegal, the many-starred chef will herself be the star of events and intercultural meetings, in addition to offering recipes of Italian […]

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Diplomatic Network

24 November 2021

Kenya, cooking as an exchange of experiences

The theme of the activities in the programme for the Sixth Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, organised by the Italian Embassy in Nairobi and the Italian Cultural Institute, is Italian culture and its cuisine as a vehicle for exchange and sharing, to communicate new experiences between Italy and Kenya. This year’s special guests […]

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Diplomatic Network

23 November 2021

Webinar on renewable energy in Senegal

On 11 November the Italian Embassy in Dakar organised a webinar on renewable energy in Senegal. This event aroused great interest among Italian businesses and made it possible to go into the question in greater depth, as well as to dialogue with the main local players in that sector. In fact, investments in energy are […]

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Diplomatic Network

18 November 2021

Dakar: exhibitions, films and theatre on Dante Alighieri

In Senegal, the Italian Cultural Institute of Dakar organised a vast programme of exhibitions, films, meetings and theatre on Dante Alighieri, on the occasion of the ”Italian Language Week”. From 11 October to 11 November, the face of Dante Alighieri was visible in the streets of Dakar on ten billboards placed in various districts of […]

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Diplomatic Network

16 November 2021

“And so we went out to see the text clouds again: Dante in Comics” in Johannesburg

On the occasion of celebrations to mark the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death, the Italian Cultural Institute in Pretoria, along with the Italian Embassy in Pretoria, the Italian Consulate General in Johannesburg, and the Dante Alighieri Society in Johannesburg have organised an exhibition on 23 November 2021 entitled “And so we went out to see […]

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In detail

15 November 2021

Telephone conversation between Minister Luigi Di Maio and his Ethiopian counterpart, Demeke Mekonnen Hassen

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, held telephone talks with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Demeke Mekonnen. The talks focused on the situation in the country. Italy reiterated its support for the mediation efforts of the African Union’s High […]

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Press Releases

14 November 2021

Minister Di Maio in Brussels for the Foreign Affairs Council

Minister Luigi Di Maio will be travelling to Brussels to participate in the EU Foreign Affairs Council tomorrow. The work will focus on the most important current issues, including recent developments in the Western Balkan region and the situation in the Sahel. Minister Di Maio will also take part in the Ministerial meeting of the […]

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