Africa

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17 March 2016

RDC: ​Undersecretary Amendola announces another Congolese child adoption release

Italian vice-minister Amendola has announced that, thanks to a commitment by the Italian Embassy in Kinshasa, the Congolese authorities have officially announced that another group of minors will soon be reunited with families in Italy. Once the Commission for International Adoptions and the bodies in charge of adoptions have taken rapid action to complete the […]

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16 March 2016

Meeting between Minister Paolo Gentiloni and the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Omar Abdirashid Ali Shamarke

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni today received the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Omar Abdirashid Ali Shamarke at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accompanied by his government’s principal ministers. The meeting was preceded by a Country Presentation on Somalia, organised with the cooperation of Confindustria Assafrica e […]

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Press Releases

14 March 2016

Arab League, Minister Gentiloni congratulates Aboul Gheit for his appointment as Secretary General

“I wish Aboul Gheit my very best in his new appointment as Secretary General of the Arab League, assuring him that he can count on Italy’s full cooperation in managing the many interests we have in common,” Minister Gentiloni said, expressing his satisfaction at the appointment of the former Egyptian Foreign Minister. Minister Gentiloni emphasised […]

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14 March 2016

Kampala – Cooperation in Uganda and South Sudan: Trento province on mission

Africa and the Italian Trentino region are not so far from each other after all. This is confirmed by the mission by the Autonomous Province of Trento, headed by Sara Ferrari, the councillor for development cooperation, in Uganda on Sunday, giving way to a number of institutional visits and meetings. The mission will focus on […]

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11 March 2016

“Echoes of Eco” – Algiers pays tribute to the great Italian writer

The Italian diplomatic network in Algiers commemorates Umberto Eco: twenty days after the great writer’s death, the Italian embassy in Algeria and the Italian Institute of Culture pay tribute to Umberto Eco, with an event called ‘Echi di Eco’ (Echoes of Eco) on Friday. Algerian writers and journalists will read and discuss excerpts from his […]

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9 March 2016

Africa – The RomAfrica Film Festival to make a comeback in July

The second edition of the RomAfrica Film Festival (RAFF) is set to take place again at the ‘Casa del Cinema’ in Rome’s Villa Borghese park from 13 to 16 July. The event, which is part of the Italy-Africa Initiative, was presented at the Foreign Ministry at the presence of the Deputy Director General for Globalization, […]

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2 March 2016

Djibouti – Cooperation, vanguard and innovation for the new Balbalà Hospital

Over the last two decades, Italian cooperation efforts have concentrated on improving the living conditions of the inhabitants of Djibouti, with a special focus on the health sector. In this perspective, the latest project realised in the former French colony shows that these efforts are unrelenting thanks to the paediatrics, gynaecology and infectious diseases departments […]

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26 February 2016

Hargeisa – Sant’Anna-Maeci: Italy spearheads peace efforts in Somalia‎‎

“The course confirms its topicality but also the need to support, through targeted training courses, the African personnel in professionally managing the crisis and the post-war reconstruction efforts,” said Andrea de Guttry, full professor of international law, the Rector’s delegate for high-level training activities and Director of the Istituto Dirpolis (Diritto, Politica, Sviluppo) of the […]

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23 February 2016

Khartoum – Cooperation and migration, Italy in the forefront in Sudan

Italy is in the forefront in managing the migration phenomenon in a strategic Country like Sudan. This was confirmed by a delegation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and of the Ministry of the Interior during a recent joint mission to Khartoum. The mission was made up by Foreign Ministry representatives […]

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22 February 2016

Foreign Minister Gentiloni in Turkey

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni will be in Turkey from February 21 to 23 to attend a bilateral meeting with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Çavuşoğlu and the third meeting of the High Level Partnership Forum on Somalia. Only a few months after the talks in Brussels on the sidelines of the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting of […]

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Press Releases

18 February 2016

Italy allocates 3.5 million euros in humanitarian aid to UNHCR to tackle current emergencies in Yemen, the Central African Republic and Cameroon

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has approved the allocation of 3.5 million euros to support UNHCR’s emergency interventions in Yemen, the Central African Republic and Cameroon. The three interventions are being shared with the newly-established Italian Agency for Development Cooperation. Thanks to the contribution of 1.5 million euros for Yemen, UNHCR will […]

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16 February 2016

Gentiloni meets Foreign Minister of the Republic of Congo

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Congo, Jean-Claude Gakosso, today at Farnesina. The focus of the talks was the countries’ bilateral relations. Italy is a historical partner of Congo Brazzaville. Following an entrepreneurial  mission  led by Prime Minister Renzi in July 2014, […]

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