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30 July 2019
The Foreign Ministry supports women and young migrants in Niger and Nigeria

The Foreign Ministry has arranged to make a 2.5-million-euro financing to UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, through the Africa Fund. UN Women’s projects will be carried out in Niger (for 1.5 million euros), through a targeted project to support women and young farmers in the Zinder […]

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30 July 2019
Farnesina-OIM Cooperation in favour of migrants in Tunisia

The Foreign Ministry financed a three-million-euro project through the Africa Fund to provide assistance to migrants in Tunisia, to be implemented through the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The project is subdivided into three sections: the first concerns maintaining and expanding the dwelling solutions available to migrants from Libya, especially in the south of the […]

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30 July 2019
The Foreign Ministry contributes to financing the assisted voluntary return of migrants from Libya, Niger, Burkina Faso and Chad

Italy has made a 11-million-euro contribution from the Africa Fund to support the project titled “Protection and sustainable solutions for migrants and refugees along the Central Mediterranean route”, comanaged by the European Union, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The contribution aims to finance the assisted […]

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Press Releases
16 July 2019
Ebola Emergency: Humanitarian activities by Italy’s Cooperation service in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Upon the initiative of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, Italy pledged a further financial contribution of €300,000 at the Geneva Donor Conference to support the healthcare operations (medical treatment, immunisation and burials in “sanitised” conditions) carried out by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the North Kivu and […]

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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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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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