Africa

Press Releases

8 July 2019

Deputy Minister Del Re attends the G7 Development Ministers Meeting

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, attended the meeting of the G7 Development Ministers in Paris on 4 July. The issues on the agenda included refinancing development funds, the challenges in the Sahel region and the adoption of a joint declaration by the G7+G5 Sahel on the actions to […]

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Press Releases

4 July 2019

Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi meets with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea, Osman Saleh​

Today, at the Farnesina, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea, Osman Saleh. In the course of the meeting, the two ministers exchanged an update on the progress made in the two Countries’ bilateral relations. In particular, the Eritrean minister expressed great […]

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Press Releases

27 June 2019

Deputy Foreign Minister Del Re meets with the Minister of Agriculture of Senegal

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, received at the Farnesina the Minister of Agriculture of Senegal, Moussa Baldé.  The meeting made it possible to exchange views on the two Countries’ bilateral relations, with a special focus on development cooperation and on cooperating in the agri-food sector.  After highlighting Italy’s strategic […]

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Press Releases

25 June 2019

The Foreign Ministry protects refugees through a 2.5-million-euro financing to the WFP

In consideration of the situation in Libya, the Foreign Ministry has arranged a 1-million-euro financing to the World Food Programme (WFP) to provide emergency assistance to approximately 30,000 migrants through the supply of food or economic aid. “The complicated situation in Libya requires a fast and effective humanitarian response: this is how we boost our […]

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Press Releases

24 June 2019

Deputy Foreign Minister Del Re attends a ceremony today in Mogadishu to award the first Somali National University degrees

  Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, attended a ceremony today in Mogadishu to award the first Somali National University (SNU) degrees since it reopened in 2014, with the President of Somalia, Mohamed Farmajo also in attendance. The Italian Cooperation system has supported the relaunching of the SNU since 2012 […]

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Press Releases

24 June 2019

Deputy Foreign Minister Del Re led a business delegation to Ethiopia​

From 19 to 20 June, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, led a business delegation to Ethiopia, organised in partnership with Confindustria, ICE-Foreign Trade Agency, ABI (Italian Banking Association) and the Ministry of Economic Development. The trip was multisectoral and mainly focused on three sectors: Agriculture, agricultural machinery and […]

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Press Releases

24 June 2019

Humanitarian flight to Sudan from the Italian Cooperation service

Following the instructions of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, this morning a humanitarian flight of the Italian Cooperation service took off for Khartoum from the United Nations humanitarian response depot (UNHRD) in Brindisi carrying approximately 10 tons of medicines and medical and sanitary kits. The operation responds to […]

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Diplomatic Network

21 June 2019

Passage in Eritrea and Ethiopia displayed in Rome, Addis Ababa and Asmara

The Macro Museum of Rome – concomitantly with the cities of Addis Ababa and Asmara – will host the storyboard of the 40-day trip across Ethiopia and Eritrea by photographer and journalist Antonio Politano, organised with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Italian Embassies in Ethiopia and Eritrea, the […]

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Diplomatic Network

20 June 2019

Conference of Rectors of African Universities

The Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni, opened the “Conference of Rectors of African Universities” hosted at the Farnesina with a greeting addressed to the heads of higher education and research institutions of 19 African Countries before their departure to Teramo to attend the “Gran Sasso […]

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Press Releases

19 June 2019

​The Foreign Ministry finances 3 IOM projects from the Africa Fund

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), drawing upon the resources of the Africa Fund, has arranged for a 5-million-euro financing to support the activities of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Libya, Sudan and Ethiopia. The Foreign Ministry’s Director General for Italians Abroad and Migration Policies, Luigi Maria Vignali, said: “Managing […]

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Diplomatic Network

17 June 2019

Dakar: The Farnesina art collection on display until 13 July

A selection of 12 works from the contemporary art collection permanently on display at the Farnesina is currently being exhibited at the Musée des Civilizations Noires in Dakar. The Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Dakar are offering the Senegalese public a perspective of the Italian art scene which is varied in style and […]

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Diplomatic Network

14 June 2019

Meeting in Jazz: encounters between Italian and African jazz talents

On Saturday, 15 June at 9 p.m., the African Jazz Village in Addis Ababa, will host a performance by Stefano Carbonelli and Andrea Di Biase with the famous Kain Lab Ethiopian band. The concert scheduled in Addis Ababa on Saturday, 15 June 2019, kicks off the new “Meeting in Jazz” art project organised by the […]

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