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Italy commends Morocco’s serious, credible efforts to settle Sahara issue

The government of Italy has recognized Morocco’s “serious and credible efforts” made for reaching a lasting and peaceful solution to the Sahara issue, dealing a hard blow to Algeria and its polisario puppet. The supportive stand was expressed in the Action Plan for Multidimensional Strategic Partnership inked Wednesday in Rome by Moroccan foreign minister Nasser […]

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Italy to expulse 12000 illegal migrants including 4000 Tunisians

Italy is set to flash out 12000 people from its territory including 4000 Tunisians, for illegal migration, the European country’s Interior minister Matteo Pintedosi has indicated. According to Pintedosi, the move targets illegal migrants who arrived in the first half of this year and is in accordance with the Cutro decree adopted in May and […]

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Tunisia gets $268.4 million loan from World Bank to finance power connection project

The World Bank Thursday approved a $268.4 million loan to Tunisia earmarked for financing electricity connection with Italy, State-run news agency TAP reports. The electrical interconnection project known as ELMED is set to provide a 230 km-long 600MW connection to Italy’s Sicily. ELMED will produce a quantum leap in the integration of the electricity markets […]

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Tunisia refuses to become Europe’s ‘Border Guard’ to curb illegal migration

Nancy Faeser and Gerald Darmanin respectively German and French Interior ministers arrived Sunday in Tunisia for meetings with Tunisian authorities few days after the North African country said it will not allow itself to become a border control agent for other nations, amid the migration crisis facing both Tunisia and European Union States. The arrival […]

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Italy’s Premier Giorgia Meloni to start official visit to Tunisia on Tuesday

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will start today Tuesday an official visit to Tunisia, the office of Tunisia’s leader Kais Saied announced Monday. “Italy’s Prime Minister to pay a friendly working visit to Tunisia, Tuesday, June 6”, it said in a statement. The office did not provide details on the visit but it follows a […]

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Italy charms Congo to back candidacy to host Expo 2030

Italy is counting on Congo-Brazzaville to back a bid to organize World Expo 2030 in the city of Rome, the European country’s ambassador to the African country indicated Saturday. Luigi Diodati, marking the 77th anniversary of national celebration, indicated that Rome is counting on Brazzaville to win rights to host the global event. The Italian […]

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Italian government lifts restrictions on export of military weapons to Saudi Arabia

The Italian government on Wednesday lifted restrictions on the export of military weapons to Saudi Arabia, ending an embargo which began in 2019, Arab news outlet reported. The move was announced in a statement at the end of a Council of Ministers presided over by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The decision was made “in accordance […]

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On Italy’s double speak on Sahara issue

Italy’s embassy in Rabat has issued a statement reiterating its stand in favor of a UN solution to the Sahara issue, while dismissing Algeria’s news reports which interpreted the opening of a visa processing center in Tindouf as a sign of support to the Algerian-backed Polisario separatists. In the statement, the Italian embassy said the […]

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G7 Summit 2023: Africa demands seat at global table as nations eye its resources

As the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) wealthy democracies converge for a summit in Japan, winds of change are blowing for Africa, which has so far been more of a discussion topic rather than an active participant in international politics, but is now demanding its rightful place in global dialogues and decision-making processes. […]

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Italy to hire 4,000 Tunisian workers

Italy will recruit 4,000 Tunisian workers, as the two countries move to spur regular migration. Antonio Tajani, Italy’s top diplomat and his visiting Tunisian counterpart Nabil Ammar who made the announcement Thursday in Rome said that the future recruits will be trained in Tunisia before deployment in the European country, Webdo Tunis reports. The recruitment […]