Africa

Diplomatic Network

30 August 2021

Tanzania, Ambassador Lombardi meets civil society organisations

The Italian Ambassador to Tanzania, Marco Lombardi, has recently met with representatives of civil society organisations and Italian Missionary Societies operating in the country. The first meeting took place with the President of the organisation ‘L’Africa Chiama’, Anita Manti, to take stock of the important activities carried out in the Iringa region in support of […]

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Diplomatic Network

27 August 2021

Italia-Uganda, prestito agevolato per regione Karamoja

L’Italia e l’Uganda hanno firmato un accordo di finanziamento per un prestito agevolato finalizzato all’attuazione di un progetto per la promozione della ripresa e dello sviluppo della regione del Karamoja (Karamoja Infrastructure Development Project II-KIDP II), inserito nell’ambito di un piano più ampio di sviluppo nazionale e del programma di pace. A siglare l’intesa, per […]

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Diplomatic Network

27 August 2021

Italia-Uganda, prestito agevolato per regione Karamoja

Italy and Uganda have signed a financial agreement for a facilitated loan which will be applied to implement a project for the promotion of recovery and development in the Karamoja region of Uganda (Karamoja Infrastructure Development Project II-KIDP II), as part of a broader plan of national development and the country’s peace program. Signing the […]

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Press Releases

27 July 2021

Foreign Ministry Note: Tigray; Sereni meets with the EUSR for the Horn of Africa, Weber

A meeting was held today at the Foreign Ministry between Deputy Minister Marina Sereni and the EU Special Representative for the Horn of Africa, Annette Weber, as an opportunity to exchange views and information on the situation in a region marked by conflict and instability, at the center of attention of Italian and European diplomacy. […]

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In detail

19 July 2021

L’Italia e il Sahel

In poche altre regioni al mondo l’Italia ha accresciuto la propria presenza in maniera così intensa come avvenuto negli ultimi anni nel Sahel. La recente nomina di Emanuela Del Re quale nuovo Rappresentante Speciale dell’UE per il Sahel, prima donna e prima italiana a ricoprire questo prestigioso incarico, ne rappresenta un importante riconoscimento. L’Africa e […]

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Diplomatic Network

13 July 2021

Pretoria: a bridge of fashion unites Italy and South Africa

The Embassy of Italy in Pretoria, South Africa, in partnership with Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, Centro di Firenze per la Moda Italiana, SAFW (South African Fashion Week), Italian Trade Agency (ICE), Polimoda and Lineapelle, with the support of Nelson Mandela Forum Firenze launches the initiative “Fashion Bridges – I Ponti della Moda”. The project […]

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In detail

8 July 2021

Kenya – Maire Tecnimont signs an agreement for the construction of a power-to-fertilizer plant

Maire Tecnimont Group recently signed an agreement with the Dutch Oserian Development Group for the construction of a turnkey plant for the production of fertilizers for agricultural use in Naivasha, about 100 km from Nairobi, one of the main flower and fruit growing areas of the country. At the operational level, Maire Tecnimont will rely […]

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Press Releases

7 July 2021

Mozambique. Italian Cooperation operation to support the population of Cabo Delgado

A humanitarian flight to Pemba, Mozambique, departed today from the emergency humanitarian response base in Brindisi to help respond to the serious humanitarian situation in the province of Cabo Delgado, which has been the target of terrorist attacks since 2017, causing an increasing number of victims and displaced people every day. This is the third […]

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Diplomatic Network

5 July 2021

Tanzania, Ambasciatore Lombardi a “Giornata contro droga”

L’Ambasciatore d’Italia a Dar es Salaam, Marco Lombardi, ha partecipato alla ‘Giornata internazionale contro l’abuso e il traffico illecito di droga’ che si è tenuta a Dodoma lo scorso 26 giugno.  All’evento – presieduto dal Ministro dell’Interno della Repubblica Unita di Tanzania, George Simbachawene – è intervenuto anche l’Ambasciatore dell’UE Manfredo Fanti.   Nel corso […]

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Diplomatic Network

21 June 2021

Revisione congiunta del partenariato Italia-Senegal 2017-20

La revisione congiunta del partenariato Italia-Senegal si è svolta, in videoconferenza, lo scorso 10 giugno. L’evento è stato co-presieduto dal Ministro dell’Economia, della Pianificazione e della Cooperazione senegalese (MEPC) Amadou Hott, e dalla Vice Ministra degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale (MAECI) Marina Sereni. E’ intervenuto, fra gli altri, l’Ambasciatore d’Italia a Dakar, Giovanni […]

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Press Releases

21 June 2021

Italy’s keen satisfaction with the appointment of Hon. Del Re as EU Special Representative for the Sahel

Italy warmly welcomes the appointment of Hon. Emanuela Claudia Del Re to the position of EU Special Representative for the Sahel. During her period of office as Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Del Re has followed with great passion and effectiveness the African continent and, in particular, the Sahel region both […]

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Press Releases

14 June 2021

Meeting of Minister Di Maio with the Ethiopian Minister of Justice

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi di Maio, has received today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the Ethiopian Minister of Justice, Gedion Timothewos Hessebon.  The Ethiopian Minister has arrived in Rome to discuss the situation in Tigray on the instructions of the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed. The Ethiopian delegation has […]

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