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30 January 2017
Worldwide Ban on Female Genital Mutilation

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will host the  “Worldwide Ban on Female Genital Mutilation”  conference on Monday January 30 and Tuesday January 31. It is organised by the NGO “Non c’è pace senza giustizia” , in collaboration with the Ministry and the Italian Development Cooperation Agency. The conference is part of the […]

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25 January 2017
Sudan – Top Italian businesses target Sudan

Italy is ever closer to Sudan, with new trade and financial agreements in the pipeline. An important sign comes from the Khartoum International Fair, the Country’s leading trade show open to international companies interested in closing business and joint venture agreements with Sudanese companies. The red, green and white ribbon-cutting inaugural ceremony at the Italian […]

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Press Releases
23 January 2017
Alfano: meeting with the Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum Resources

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, held a meeting today with the Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu.”We appreciate the potential of the Nigerian market and its entrepreneurship and consider Nigeria to be Italy’s second biggest commercial partner in sub-Saharan Africa, one of the priority markets in […]

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23 January 2017
Alfano: incontro in Farnesina con il Ministro di Stato per le Risorse Petrolifere nigeriano

  Il ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Angelino Alfano, ha avuto alla Farnesina, un incontro con il ministro di Stato per le Risorse Petrolifere nigeriano Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu. “Apprezziamo il potenziale del mercato e dell’imprenditorialità nigeriane e consideriamo la Nigeria, oggi il secondo partner commerciale dell’Italia in Africa subsahariana, uno dei mercati […]

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29 December 2016
Minister Alfano appoints new Ambassador to Niger. Italy’s committment in Sahel is enhanced

The Council of Ministers has approved, today, the appointment of a new Italian Ambassador to Niger, following the recent decision to set up a diplomatic mission in Niamey. The customary diplomatic procedures for the accreditation of the new Head of the Mission are in progress, subject to acceptance from Nigerien authorities. “Italy is actively committed in supporting […]

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22 December 2016
Ethiopia – Addis Foto Fest hosted at the Italian Cultural Institute

The Addis Foto Fest is back with six days of exhibitions, lectures, and workshops. It will be hosted in a variety of venues in the Ethiopian capital, including the Italian Cultural Institute where Simon Njami and Elena Korzhenevich, internationally famous art curators, discussed the “At Work Addis Ababa” art project. The Addis Ababa Foto Fest […]

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16 December 2016
Italy’s Economic Diplomacy – 15 December: latest news from the world

Senegal: DIIEZ integrated economic project presented in Dakar The DIIEZ (Dakar International Integrated Economic Zone) project was recently presented in Dakar. The project is a public-private partnership funded by Teylom Logistics, a Senegalese real-estate group, and Agility, an American conglomerate in the logistics, pharmaceutical and infrastructure sector. The project falls under the PSE (Plan Senegal […]

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14 December 2016
Khartoum – “Include me at your table”, solidarity in Sudan begins in the kitchen

In Sudan solidarity sits around a table. The cycle of diplomacy of solidarity initiatives announced by the Italian Embassy to celebrate the “First Week of Italian Cuisine in the World” continues. The next project promoted by the Italian Development Cooperation Agency (AICS) and the Italian Embassy in Khartoum will be “Includimi a tavola” (“Include me at your […]

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25 November 2016
Somalia – Ceremony to kick off the enlargement of the Xooga Military Hospital

The ceremony to kick off the enlargement of the Xooga Military Hospital was held in Mogadishu in the presence of the Italian Ambassador, Carlo Campanile, Somalian Defence Minister, Abdulkadir Sheik Ali Dini, and a large number of representatives of Somalian high-ranking military officers and of the local press. The enlargement work consists in building a […]

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