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Press Releases
28 October 2019
The Farnesina protects the more vulnerable social groups: funds for € 3 million to Chad and Tunisia

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has earmarked 2 million euros from its Africa Fund in favor of the World Food Program (WFP) in Chad, to support the economic self-sufficiency of about 30,000 Sudanese refugees, creating local job opportunities in the agricultural sector that constitute alternatives to migration. A further contribution of € 1 million from the […]

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Press Releases
17 October 2019
From Ethiopia the remains of fellow Italians

The bodies of our compatriots who died in Ethiopia on 10 March in the ET 302 Ethiopian Airlines crash shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa have been returned to Italy. The return operations were coordinated by the Crisis Management Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Italian Embassy in Addis […]

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Diplomatic Network
15 October 2019
Italy donates 10 ambulances to the Niger Government

Italy donated 10 ambulances and 3 water tankers to the Government of Niger to enable the authorities to provide assistance to migrants and tackle human trafficking. The donation was made possible through Fund for Africa resources and carried out by the Italian Ministry of Defence who owned the vehicles. The handover ceremony was held in […]

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Diplomatic Network
15 October 2019
Uganda: CONI and IOC join forces for the #Score Together Project

Support is growing for the #Score Together Project promoting sport as an instrument of inclusion launched in Uganda by the Italian Embassy in Kampala together with the Trento-based NGO, ACV, thanks to the cooperation with the Office of the Ugandan Prime Minister, the Ugandan Olympic Committee, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the Sampdoria […]

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Diplomatic Network
11 October 2019
Addis Ababa hosts Maison Gattinoni for fashion week

The Italian Embassy in Addis Ababa and the Maison Gattinoni Couture organised a tableau vivant of the Spring/Summer 2020 collection and a historical fashion exhibition dedicated to the “Hollywood divas on the Tiber” to celebrate the fashion week in Ethiopia. This event, which is fast becoming the main fashion event in Ethiopia and East Africa […]

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Press Releases
27 September 2019
Minister Di Maio meets with the Foreign Ministers of Eritrea and Somalia and the Deputy Foreign Minister of Ethiopia

  The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met with the Foreign Ministers of Eritrea and Somalia and the Deputy Foreign Minister of Ethiopia on the fringes of the UNGA. During the talks, Minister Di Maio emphasised how Italy has always considered the Horn of Africa Countries as strategic partners and […]

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Press Releases
25 September 2019
Minister Di Maio co-chairs the high-level event on Somalia in New York

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, chaired the high-event meeting on Somalia together with Somalia’s President, Farmajo, Ethiopia’s President, Sahle-Uork Zeudè and the US Undersecretary of State, Hale. The meeting was attended by the Chairperson of the African Commission of the African Union, Moussa Faki, by the most important donors […]

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Events
24 September 2019
Deputy Minister Del Re meets Sudan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs

​Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sudan, Asmaa Abdalla, on the sidelines of the 74th General Assembly of the United Nations. It was the first time a representative of the Italian government met with a representative of the civilian-led transitional government of Sudan. […]

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Diplomatic Network
23 September 2019
Italy at the Luanda Biennale

Italy participated in the first “Biennale of Luanda: Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace”, promoted by UNESCO in partnership with the African Union and the Government of Angola. The aim of the event was to contribute to the promotion of the “culture of peace” in Africa. The Forum was attended by 12 African countries […]

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Diplomatic Network
10 September 2019
Johannesburg: Medea, the debut of the Teatro Patologico in Africa

The Teatro Patologico Association of Rome will travel to Africa at the end of September to stage a single performance of the great classical tragedy Medea at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg. The performance, which will be staged thanks to the collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, will see the disabled youths of the Italian […]

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