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14 September 2017
Sudan – Italy’s commitment to reintegrating ex-combatants in Sudan

A ceremony was held in Khartoum at the headquarters of the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Program (“DDR”) to mark the occasion for putting into operation the computer equipment recently donated to Sudan organisations by Cooperation Italy, through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (“AICS”) in Khartoum.  Attendees at the ceremony included the General Commissioner of […]

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Press Releases
13 September 2017
Alfano: “Italy supports the WFP’s school canteen programme in Mali”

“Through the Italian Cooperation service, I have arranged for an immediate half-million-euro contribution to the World Food Program to fund a school canteen programme in Mali,” announced the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano. He continued: “The programmes promoting school canteens represent an important educational instrument by enabling minors to have at […]

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5 September 2017
South Africa – “Unfindable”, a docufilm on Ettore Majorana, screened in South Africa

The disappearance of Ettore Majorana, considered to be the greatest twentieth century Italian physicist, which occurred in March 1938 on a ferry trip between Palermo and Naples, is one of the biggest Italian mysteries of the last hundred years. This genius from Sicily will be brought back to life in the docufilm entitled “Unfindable” (“Nessuno mi troverà”) […]

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29 August 2017
Khartoum: launch of the UNICEF project financed by Italy for the protection of vulnerable minors

The Italian Government’s commitment to protect vulnerable minors continues with the launch of the initiative: “Integrated protection of childhood for abandoned and unaccompanied minors in the State of Khartoum and in the States of the East”. The programme, financed by the Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development (AICS) with 1,000,000.00 euros, will be implemented by […]

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Press Releases
16 August 2017
Alfano: “Emergency contributions to Nepal and Sierra Leone”

“Italy has decided to send an immediate sign of solidarity to the people of Nepal and of Sierra Leone to at least partially contribute to alleviating their terrible distress and grief caused by the recent mudslides,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano. Minister Alfano added: “The Italian Cooperation service has […]

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Press Releases
16 August 2017
Presidential elections in Kenya

“I express sincere appreciation for the correctness of the democratic process shown in the presidential elections in Kenya, as acknowledged by the missions of the African Union, the European Union as well as by the other international Observers, and I congratulate President Kenyatta for his re-election,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, […]

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14 August 2017
Durban – An exhibition on Italian industry arrives in South Africa

(14 August, 2017) ​The traveling exhibition “50+! Il Grande gioco dell’industria. Oggetti che hanno fatto la storia dell’impresa italiana” (“50+! The Great Industrial Game. Objects that have made the History of Italian Industry”), illustrating the history of Italian business through 50 objects, will soon be displayed in Durban, in South Africa. The exhibition will be opened […]

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11 August 2017
Tunisia: “Cinéma au Musée” of Sousse. Includes the screening of some of the “crown jewels” of the cinematheque

An unprecedented twinning will be launched from 26-30 August 2017 between the seventy-year-old Italian Cinematheque and the newly created Tunisian Cinematheque with the presentation of “The 70 years of the Milan Cinematheque” as part of the 3rd edition of the “Cinéma au Musée” (at the Sousse Archaeological Museum). The event is co-organised by the Association […]

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Press Releases
9 August 2017
Alfano: “Two million euros for refugees in Ethiopia from the Fund for Africa”

Italy has made a 2-million-euro contribution for cooperation interventions in favour of refugees in Ethiopia through the Fund for Africa. It is an emergency humanitarian action aimed at providing tangible support to the numerous refugees, mostly Eritrean, who are distributed in the four refugee camps in the Tigray region. Moreover, other funds will be earmarked […]

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8 August 2017
South Africa – Rosetta Messori, Italian photographer and artist in Pretoria

During the celebrations of the Women’s Month in South Africa, the Italian artist and photographer Rosetta Messori will present her works in Pretoria. Taking place from 14 to 18 August 2017 at the Vavasati International Women’s Festival, the exhibition will be sponsored by Pretoria’s South African State Theatre, with the evocative title ‘Flowers of the Revolution’. The ‘Roses’ […]

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Press Releases
8 August 2017
“Ethiopia. Italy approves two emergency humanitarian initiatives”

Alfano: “Political, social and environmental problems in the Horn of Africa cause large migration flows. In Ethiopia, living conditions are made extremely difficult by the El Niño climate phenomenon, obliging the Country to tackle one of the most serious climate shocks in its history. According to the WHO, it is the most serious humanitarian crisis […]

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