Italy’s Meloni opens Africa summit to unveil plan to boost development and curb migration
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni opened a summit of African leaders on Monday aimed at illustrating Italy’s big development plan for the continent that her...
Italy-Africa deal is ‘border control disguised as aid’, say rights groups
Rights groups have warned that the new deal signed between Italy and African states is border control disguised as aid with questions being asked...
Is Italy’s $6bn plan for Africa just PR-friendly neocolonialism?
The Mattei Plan was drawn up without any input from African leaders and is named after the controversial founder of Italy’s fossil fuels major...
Dream bigger: The next steps for Italy’s new Africa strategy
This week, during the first ever Italy-Africa summit, Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni presented Rome’s much anticipated new Africa strategy. While curbing irregular immigration is...