Africa

Press Releases

15 October 2020

Del Re in Niger. Signed an agreement for the Italian military contingent

During her visit to Niger, Vice Minister Del Re was received by the President of the Republic Mahamadou Issoufou. It was a very fruitful meeting on several dossiers: bilateral Italy-Niger relations and regional issues, including Libya, Mali, and Sahel. Vice Minister Del Re and the President of the Republic fully agreed on the Italy-Niger partnership. […]

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Press Releases

14 October 2020

Niger, the visit of Vice Minister Del Re continues

The visit of the Vice Minister Del Re in Niger who, this morning, took part in the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the memorial of the martyrs of terrorism in Niamey together with the President of Niger Issoufou continues. “Italy supports the efforts and the actions to fight against terrorism everywhere in the […]

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Press Releases

14 October 2020

Vice Minister Del Re in Niger: with humanitarian aid she announces an action plan for migrations

Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re arrived yesterday evening in Niger with the humanitarian flight of the Italian Cooperation operated in partnership with the Command of Joint Operations (COI)-Ministry of Defence. The flight transported first aid material for the victims of the severe floods that have hit the Niger in recent weeks. The flight was welcomed […]

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Press Releases

13 October 2020

Sudan. Vice Minister Del Re to Foreign Minister: peace agreement in Juba, well done

Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re had a telephone conversation with the interim Foreign Minister of Sudan, Omar Gamareldin Ismail. The Sudanese Minister thanked Italy for its assistance in dealing with Coronavirus emergency in Sudan through numerous initiatives of our Development Cooperation and for the recent sending of a humanitarian flight containing first aid material in […]

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Interviews

12 October 2020

Di Maio: Success and joy built on “Soft Power” (Avvenire)

Dear Editor, I would like to share with you and your readers the joy of having brought home, after a long period of imprisonment in the hands of terrorist groups, Father Pier Luigi Maccalli and Nicola Chiacchio, whom I welcomed in Ciampino together with the Prime Minister. It was the outcome of a very complex […]

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Press Releases

9 October 2020

Del Re with UN Vice SG, Amina Mohammed: great joy for the Nobel Prize at WFP

Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re had a conversation in VTC with the Vice Secretary-General of the United Nations. Amina Mohammed. Both expressed great joy and satisfaction for the award of the Nobel Peace Prize 2020 to the World Food Programme (WFP), based in Rome. “In this award, there is also a little bit of Italy,” […]

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Press Releases

9 October 2020

Release of Father Luigi Maccalli and Nicola Chiacchio

The release was made possible thanks to the precious work of the Aise staff and all the competent State apparatus, together with the important collaboration of the Malian authorities. The successful outcome of the operation, in addition to highlighting the professionalism, operational and reporting skills of the intelligence, also highlighted the excellent investigative work of […]

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Press Releases

1 October 2020

VM Del Re at the UN: Italy Committed to peace in the Central African Republic

In the context of the 75th General Assembly of the United Nations, Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re attended the ministerial event on the Central African Republic (CAR) in VTC. The meeting started with the speeches by the UN Secretary General, Guterres, the President of the Central African Republic, Touadéra, the President of the African Union […]

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Press Releases

29 September 2020

VM Del Re at the Eu – Working with Africa to attract private investment

Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re attended the informal meeting of EU Development Ministers in VTC. The meeting was dedicated to the way Europe can assist the African continent in the post-Covid period and to the implementation of the Europe Package Team, a package of initiatives prepared by the Commission and Member States in response to […]

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Press Releases

28 September 2020

Del Re presides over meeting on the humanitarian situation in Mali

Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re chaired a meeting in VTC on the humanitarian situation in Mali, attended by officials and experts from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), Caritas, the Italian Red Cross and representatives of civil society organizations (CSOs). The Vice Minister convened this meeting to coordinate the […]

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Press Releases

24 September 2020

Sudan. Italian Cooperation humanitarian flight in response to flooding emergency

A humanitarian flight of the Italian Cooperation departed this morning from the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in Brindisi, destination Khartoum, with a cargo of almost 10 tons of first aid and relief goods to support the population affected by the flooding emergency in the country, which has caused more than 100 deaths, dozens […]

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Press Releases

17 September 2020

Mali. VM Del Re calls Niger Foreign Minister

Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re had a telephone conversation on the situation in Mali with the Foreign Minister of Niger, Kalla Ankourao. On that occasion, the latter reported on the outcome of his mission to Accra where he went with Nigerien President Issoufou to attend the meeting between representatives of countries of the Economic Community […]

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