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Diplomatic Network
25 September 2018
Niger: Italy provides healthcare kits and water treatment equipment

Health care kits and water treatment equipment were delivered by Italy to the Ministry of Health of Niger as part of Italian cooperation initiatives to support public healthcare in the West African country affected by a cholera epidemic which has already caused 57 deaths. The regions most affected are Maradi, Zinder Tahoua and Dosso. In […]

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Diplomatic Network
24 September 2018
The ‘Orchestra di piazza Vittorio’ in Dakar

As part of the preparatory activities for the reopening of the Italian Cultural Institute in Dakar, yesterday evening the Italian Embassy presented the much-awaited concert by the Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio, the renowned band of musicians from different backgrounds that formed in Rome’s Esquilino district, giving life to a unique multicultural project. The concert was […]

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Press Releases
20 September 2018
Three million euro for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

The Farnesina has allocated a contribution of three million euro to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from the Africa Fund of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. It is to strengthen the reception and protection system for refugees in Niger. The project, called “Strengthening reception conditions for persons in need of […]

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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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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
10 September 2018
Italia: 500 mila euro per pasti mense scolastiche in Mali

Per garantire almeno un pasto al giorno ai minori in Mali, dove le condizioni di sicurezza alimentare si sono deteriorate a causa delle scarse piogge dello scorso anno, la Cooperazione italiana ha disposto un finanziamento d’emergenza a favore del Programma Alimentare Mondiale(Pam) di 500 mila euro per il sostegno alle mense scolastiche. L’iniziativa, condivisa con […]

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