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Africa, Algeria
Italy cancels Mediterranean dialogue conference after calling off Italy-Africa summit

After postponing at the last minute its Italy-Africa summit initially scheduled for November, Italian diplomacy is now postponing its Rome MED Dialogues forum, whose star guest was due to be Algerian President Tebboune. [...]

Published on 18/10/2023 at 05:40 GMT

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Algeria
Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Antonio Tajani
Benyamin Netanyaho
Denis Sassou-Nguesso
Filipe Nyusi
Giampiero Massolo
Giorgia Meloni
Italian Institute for International Political Studies
Sergio Mattarella

Italy
Rome summit to test Meloni's African diplomacy

A score of heads of state and government have confirmed their attendance in Rome, where the Italian prime minister will lay out her African policies, from energy diplomacy to migration.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 24.01.2024

Giorgia Meloni and Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in Algiers, on January 22, 2023.

Africa
Rome calls off its Italy-Africa summit

African governments have just been notified that the Italy-African summit planned for 5-6 November in Rome will not go ahead.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.10.2023

Italy, North Africa, Tunisia
Tunisia fears losing pipeline revenues as its neighbours strike gas deals with Italy

The recent North African tour of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, which concentrated on securing Italy's gas supplies from Algeria and Libya, left Italy's traditional partner, Tunisia, on the sidelines. The authorities in Tunis now fear that they could find themselves isolated on the regional energy map.

Subscribers only Energy 01.02.2023

The Tunisian segment of the Trans-Mediterranean (Transmed) pipeline, through which natural gas flows from Algeria to Italy.

Chad, Italy
Sant'Egidio tasked with resurrecting Chadian national dialogue

The Italian lay Catholic association is working to facilitate the resumption of talks between the government in N'Djamena and groups that have not signed the Doha accord. It is trying to involve civilian entities like Les Transformateurs, but so far to no avail.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.01.2023

Spotlight | Africa, Italy
Giorgia Meloni's Africa policy

The new Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni has been busy working on her Africa policy. She has surrounded herself with a tight-knit team actively involved in African matters, and for the moment has kept in place the foreign ministry staff in charge of the continent.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.11.2022

Italy, Kenya
Telespazio bags deal to provide services for Italy's Malindi spaceport

Telespazio, a joint venture between Italian electronics giant Leonardo and France's Thales, has been picked to provide in-orbit satellite control and maintenance services for four years for the Broglio Space Center in Kenya, a complex managed by the Italian space agency.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 12.05.2022

The Brioglio Space Center, Malindi (Kenya).

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Antonio Tajani
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Denis Sassou-Nguesso
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Giampiero Massolo
Giorgia Meloni
Italian Institute for International Political Studies
Sergio Mattarella

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