Africa

Press Releases

2 December 2014

Ebola: Signing of MFAIC-Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases

The MFAIC’s Directorate General for Development Cooperation today signed a convention with Rome’s Spallanzani Institute for Infectious Diseases on an emergency intervention in Sierra Leone, valued at EUR 250,000, to help fight the spread of the Ebola virus. These Development Cooperation funds will allow the Spallanzani Institute to supply technical assistance to the Sierra Leone […]

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Press Releases

28 November 2014

Comunicato congiunto Ministero degli Esteri – Ministero dell’Interno

Il carattere nuovo ed emergenziale dei flussi migratori che investono le frontiere soprattutto meridionali dell’Europa e le politiche per farvi fronte sono stati al centro di una riunione informale dei Ministri degli Affari Esteri e dell’Interno dell’Unione Europea convocata a Roma dalla Presidenza italiana del Consiglio UE. La riunione, prima nel suo genere per il […]

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Press Releases

28 November 2014

Comunicato congiunto Ministero degli Esteri – Ministero dell’Interno

The new character and emergency nature of the migration flows affecting Europe’s borders, especially our southern borders, and the policies to address them were the focus of an informal meeting of foreign affairs and interior ministers of the European Union called in Rome by the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The […]

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Interviews

28 November 2014

Gentiloni-Steinmeier: “Italy and Germany – a shared commitment in the Horn of Africa”

Civil war, persecution, poor socio-economic conditions and human rights violations all feed migration flows, especially from countries close to Europe. Driven by the hope of finding safety and a better future, migrants undertake a long journey to Europe, during which they face danger, exploitation and, often, death. Europe cannot react merely with emergency measures on […]

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Press Releases

27 November 2014

Migrazioni: il 28 novembre a Roma Conferenza Ministeriale di lancio della EU-Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative

Il 28 novembre si svolgerà a Roma la Conferenza Ministeriale di lancio della EU-Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative (Processo di Khartoum), momento qualificante della Presidenza italiana del Consiglio dell’Unione Europea. Presieduta dai Ministri degli Esteri, Paolo Gentiloni, e dell’Interno, Angelino Alfano, la Conferenza si chiuderà con l’adozione di una Dichiarazione politica. All’evento parteciperanno i […]

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Press Releases

27 November 2014

Migrazioni: il 28 novembre a Roma Conferenza Ministeriale di lancio della EU-Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative

Il 28 novembre si svolgerà a Roma la Conferenza Ministeriale di lancio della EU-Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative (Processo di Khartoum), momento qualificante della Presidenza italiana del Consiglio dell’Unione Europea. Presieduta dai Ministri degli Esteri, Paolo Gentiloni, e dell’Interno, Angelino Alfano, la Conferenza si chiuderà con l’adozione di una Dichiarazione politica. All’evento parteciperanno i […]

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In detail

27 November 2014

Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Repubblica democratica del Congo: investe in zone economiche speciali (in translation)

Repubblica democratica del Congo: investe in zone economiche speciali Il Governo della Repubblica del Congo ha recentemente nominato Alain Akouala Atipault, Ministro delle quattro nuove zone economiche speciali, localizzate a Brazzaville, Pointe Noire, Ouesso (Dipartimento della Sangha) e Oyo-Ollombo (Dipartimento della Couvettee). I progetti finanziati con 4 miliardi di CFA per il 2014, mirano a […]

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Press Releases

27 November 2014

Italy-Niger: Deputy Minister Pistelli and Minister Cissé sign an agreement for a rural infrastructure development and market access project

The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Lapo Pistelli, and the Minister of State for Planning, Regional Development, and Community Development of Niger, Amadou Boubacar Cissé, met today at the Farnesina. They signed an agreement for the granting of aid credit of 20 million euros for a market access and rural infrastructure project […]

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In detail

26 November 2014

Luanda – Electro-music closes Italian Language in the World Week

The events organised in Angola to mark the Italian Language in the World Week conclude this week with Unione Elettronica, a festival of electronic music. Featuring Italian DG Vanessa Laino along with 11 Angolan DJs and others from Spain, Germany, France and Holland, the Festival’s slogan is “Angolan and European DJs united by music”. Read […]

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In detail

26 November 2014

Immigrants: Gentiloni calls for stronger EU-Africa cooperation 58 countries sign “Rome Declaration” on development and combating trafficking

The European Union and West Africa have taken a step forward in the dialogue on migration policy. This was Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s comment as he announced the signing of the “Rome Declaration” by the 28 countries of the European Union, Switzerland and Norway, and 27 African countries. Agreement in framework of “Rabat Process” The agreement […]

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Accreditation Notices

25 November 2014

ACCREDITATION NOTICE: CORRECTION – 4th Euro-African Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development (Rabat Process) – (Rome, NH Midas Hotel 27 November 2014)

The 4th Euro-African Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development will be held on 27 November in Rome at the NH Midas Hotel, chaired by Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni and Minister for the Interior Angelino Alfano, with Senegal holding the honorary co-chair, having last hosted the conference in 2011. Conference attendees […]

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Accreditation Notices

25 November 2014

ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Ministerial Conference for launch of the Khartoum Process – (Rome, 28 November 2014)

A ministerial conference for the launch of the Khartoum Process (EU-Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative – HoAMRI), will be held at Rome’s NH Midas Hotel on 28 November, co-chaired by Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni and Minister for the Interior and Angelino Alfano. Participants will include the representatives of 40 […]

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