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Press Releases
19 September 2018
A humanitarian flight for Niger

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Italian Cooperation Service have organised a humanitarian flight headed to Niamey (Niger), the fifth since the health crisis started in the Country. The flight, operated by the Italian Air force, took off this morning carrying 5 tonnes of medicine and medical aids, donated by the […]

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Interviews
19 September 2018
“Aiutiamoli a casa loro in modo nuovo”. Parla all’Huffpost la vice ministra degli Esteri Emanuela Del Re

All’Huffpost la prima intervista della numero due alla Farnesina. “È un investimento in pace e sicurezza, non carità. Soluzione in Africa è la cooperazione” “La soluzione? È la cooperazione. Soprattutto per l’Africa. La nostra ambizione si chiama sviluppo condiviso, che porti benefici a tutti”. Emanuela Del Re, vice ministra degli Esteri con delega alla Cooperazione […]

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Diplomatic Network
18 September 2018
Guinea: Italy’s commitment to healthcare

Italy continues with its commitment to cooperate with Africa. A financial agreement has just been signed to help towards restoring and developing Guinea’s healthcare system. The aim is to concentrate efforts in rural areas of the country, especially in the regions of Middle Guinea (prefectures of Kindia, Labe, Mamou and Dalaba), Upper Guinea (prefectures of […]

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Press Releases
18 September 2018
Father Maccalli

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, is in constant contact with the Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Unit and with State institutions and has been closely following the kidnapping of Father Pierluigi Maccalli, a member of the Congregation of the Society of African Missions of the Diocese of Crema, ever since it […]

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Diplomatic Network
17 September 2018
Uganda, the Carabinieri train local wildlife rangers

The Carabinieri continue to offer training activities to Ugandan police both in the field of antiterrorism and of combating environmental crimes. From 20 August to 7 September, a delegation of the Carabinieri held 2 courses for 81 students, nine of whom were women, in the main police training centre in Masindi. The first course was […]

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Press Releases
12 September 2018
Meeting between Deputy Minister Del Re and Ambassadors of African countries

Emanuela Del Re, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation met the Ambassadors of African countries today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Rome. The Deputy Minister set out her vision for relations between our country and the African continent during the course of a very useful meeting, stating that […]

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Diplomatic Network
5 September 2018
Italy trains “judge-trainers” in Niger

Italy has organised a course for magistrates and judges who will become trainers in Niamey, Niger. The course was set up by the Sant’Anna School in Pisa with the contribution of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and was attended by 20 Nigerian magistrates and judges. The aim is to strengthen the pedagogical, […]

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In detail
3 September 2018
Italy takes part in Berlin conference on Lake Chad Region

Italy is attending the Berlin Conference, on 3 and 4 September, on the Lake Chad crisis where the water, has shrunk 90% over the last few years and whose shores are experiencing a resurgence of the violent extremism of Boko Haram. Italy will confirm the allocation of 15 million euros in 2019 for emergency measures and […]

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Diplomatic Network
21 August 2018
Ethiopia, the Foreign Ministry allocates 500,000 euros for assistance to displaced persons

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in close coordination with the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, has allocated a 500,000-euro financial contribution to tackle the humanitarian crisis in the regions of Gedeo and West Guji, in Ethiopia. The contribution will mainly be used to provide emergency shelters as well as relief material and support to mobile […]

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Diplomatic Network
20 August 2018
Durand de la Penne in Dakar, a minute’s silence for Genoa

A minute of silence was observed on board of the Italian destroyer ‘Luigi Durand de la Penne’ in memory of the victims of the bridge collapse in Genoa. The destroyer arrived in the port of Dakar, the second stop in the 2018 training campaign for officers-in-training of the 2nd class of the Livorno Naval Academy, […]

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Press Releases
30 July 2018
Meeting between Undersecretary Del Re and the Angolan Undersecretary of Railway Transport

Meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation between Undersecretary Del Re and the Angolan Undersecretary of Railway Transport. Today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, met José Manuel Cerqueira, Secretary of State for Railway Transport for […]

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