Editing Foreign relations of Italy (section)

===Africa===
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|{{flag|Algeria}}||1 October 1962||See [[Algeria–Italy relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 October 1962.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jean-François Juilliard, Françoise Moussu |title=Chronologie des faits internationaux d'ordre juridique. Annuaire Français de Droit International / Année 1962 / 8 / |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/afdi_0066-3085_1962_num_8_1_1015 |access-date=30 November 2023 |journal=Annuaire Français de Droit International |date=1962 |volume=8 |issue=1 |page=1088 |language=fr |archive-date=9 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209114250/https://www.persee.fr/doc/afdi_0066-3085_1962_num_8_1_1015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

* Relations date from the period of the [[Roman Empire]].
* Algeria has an embassy in Rome.
* Italy has an embassy in [[Algiers]].
* There are over 100,675 Algerians in Italy (see [[Algerians in Italy]]).
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|{{flag|Angola}}||4 June 1976<ref name="Farnesina1976">{{cite web |title=1976 Testi e Documenti sulla politica estera dell'Italia |url=https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/images/biblioteca/testi/1976%20Testi%20e%20Documenti%20sulla%20politica%20estera%20dell%27Italia.pdf |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Italy)]] |access-date=5 January 2024 |page=132 |language=it |quote=I Governi della Repubblica italiana e della Repubblica popolare di Angola hanno convenuto di stabilire relazioni diplomatiche a livello di ambasciatori con effetto dal 4 giugno 1976. |archive-date=25 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125125427/https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/images/biblioteca/testi/1976%20Testi%20e%20Documenti%20sulla%20politica%20estera%20dell%27Italia.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>||See [[Angola–Italy relations]]

* Angola has an embassy in [[Rome]].
* Italy has an embassy in Luanda.
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|{{flag|Burkina Faso}}||16 June 1962||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 16 June 1962 when Mr. Renzo Luigi Romanelli, the first Italian Ambassador to Upper Volta, has presented his letters of credence to President Maurice Yameogo.<ref name="West Africa" />
*Burkina Faso has an embassy in [[Rome]] and honorary consulates in [[Florence]], [[Milan]], [[Naples]], and [[Palermo]].<ref name="esteri.it">{{cite web|url=https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/doc/2019/01/ldc%2031%20gennaio%202019.pdf|title=CONSOLATI DI CARRIERA ED ONORARI ESTERI IN ITALIA|access-date=28 April 2022|language=it|archive-date=26 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226033709/https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/doc/2019/01/ldc%2031%20gennaio%202019.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*Italy has an honorary consulate in [[Ouagadougou]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/ministero/laretediplomatica/rete-diplomatica-mappa.html?p=BURKINA+FASO&c=&cm=&ricerca=View+the+results|title=Rete diplomatica|access-date=2019-09-25|archive-date=2019-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227003838/https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/ministero/laretediplomatica/rete-diplomatica-mappa.html?p=BURKINA+FASO&c=&cm=&ricerca=View+the+results|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Comoros}}||1 November 1976||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 November 1976<ref>{{Cite web |title=1976 Testi e Documenti sulla politica estera dell'Italia |url=https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/images/biblioteca/testi/1976%20Testi%20e%20Documenti%20sulla%20politica%20estera%20dell%27Italia.pdf |access-date=30 May 2023 |website=farnesina.ipzs.it |page=159 |language=it |archive-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410155345/https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/images/biblioteca/testi/1976%20Testi%20e%20Documenti%20sulla%20politica%20estera%20dell%27Italia.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
*Comoros  is represented in Italy by its embassy in [[Paris]], [[France]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/doc/2019/01/lda%2031%20gennaio%202019.pdf|title=AMBASCIATE ESTERE IN ITALIA|access-date=28 April 2022|language=it|archive-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021125228/https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/doc/2019/01/lda%2031%20gennaio%202019.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> and an honorary consulate in [[Rome|Roma]].<ref name="esteri.it" /> 
*Italy is represented in Comoros by its embassy in [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ambdaressalaam.esteri.it/ambasciata_daressalaam/en/sedi_accreditate/ |title=Country of accreditation |access-date=2019-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904105618/https://ambdaressalaam.esteri.it/ambasciata_daressalaam/en/sedi_accreditate/ |archive-date=2019-09-04 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and an honorary consulate in [[Anjouan]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ambdaressalaam.esteri.it/ambasciata_daressalaam/en/ambasciata/la_rete_consolare/ |title=Consular network |access-date=2019-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904105618/https://ambdaressalaam.esteri.it/ambasciata_daressalaam/en/ambasciata/la_rete_consolare/ |archive-date=2019-09-04 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|21 July 1960
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 July 1960 when accredited first Ambassador of Italy to Congo (Leopoldville) Mr. Pietro Franca<ref name="ReferenceO" />
* In March 2021, Italian Ambassador, [[Luca Attanasio]], was killed while traveling to a [[World Food Programme]]-run school feeding program.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-22|title=Three killed in attack on UN World Food Programme convoy in DR Congo|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/02/1085352|access-date=2021-03-20|website=UN News|language=en|archive-date=2021-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303031218/https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/02/1085352|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Egypt}}||30 April 1922||See [[Egypt–Italy relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 April 1922 when has been appointed first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Italy to Egypt Mr Lazzaro Negrotto Cambiaso.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rappresentanti Diplomatici in Egitto |url=https://baldi.diplomacy.edu/diplo/texts/Cortese_Il_Cairo_Parte_3.pdf |access-date=23 October 2023 |website=Personalita Istituzionali Italiane |page=286 |language=it |archive-date=23 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023183012/https://baldi.diplomacy.edu/diplo/texts/Cortese_Il_Cairo_Parte_3.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>

Relations between both countries were established during the period of the Roman Empire. However, in [[World War II]], relations were strained as Italy invaded Egypt. However, after the war, relations were re-established and are close. Egypt has representations in Rome and Milan, while Italy has representations in [[Cairo]] and [[Alexandria]], also the two nations are members of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]].

Relations deteriorated after the abduction and killing of Italian student [[Giulio Regeni]]. Egypt has been accused by Italian authorities and public opinion of lacking of transparence.
* There are around 3,374 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Egypt (see [[Italian Egyptians]]).
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|{{flag|Eritrea}}||24 May 1993||See [[Eritrea–Italy relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 May 1993.<ref name="ReferenceW" />

* Eritrea was an [[Italian Eritrea|Italian colony]] from 1882 until 1941.
* Eritrea has an embassy in Rome.
* Italy has an embassy in [[Asmara]].
* There are around 100,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Eritrea (see [[Italian Eritreans]]).
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|{{flag|Ethiopia}}||24 June 1897||See [[Ethiopia–Italy relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 June 1897.<ref name="Italia : Ministero delle Finanze" />

* Ethiopia was [[Italian Ethiopia|occupied by Italy]] from 1936 to 1941.
* Ethiopia has an embassy in Rome.
* Italy has an embassy in [[Addis Ababa]].
* There are around 3,400 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Ethiopia (see [[Italians of Ethiopia]]).
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|{{flag|Kenya}}||1963||See [[Italy–Kenya relations]]

* Relations were formally established after Kenya gained its independence from British rule.
* Italy has an embassy in [[Nairobi]] and 2 counsulates in [[Malindi]] and [[Mombasa]].
* Kenya has an embassy in Rome.
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|{{flag|Libya}}|| 21 February 1952||See [[Italy–Libya relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 February 1952 when has been accredited first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Italy to Libya Mr. Mario Conti.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I Documenti Diplomatici Italiani Undicesima Serie: 1948-1953 Volume VI (26 luglio 1951 – 30 giugno 1952) |url=https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/download/pdf/UNDICESIMASERIE_VOLUMEVI |access-date=29 October 2023 |website=farnesina.ipzs.it |page=868 |language=it |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029072122/https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/download/pdf/UNDICESIMASERIE_VOLUMEVI |url-status=live}}</ref>

* Between 1911 and 1947, Libya was an [[History of Libya as Italian Colony|Italian colony]].
* Italy has an embassy in [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]].
* Libya has an embassy in Rome and 2 general consulates (in [[Milan]] and [[Palermo]]).
* See also [[History of Libya as Italian Colony]], [[Italy–Libya relations]]
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|{{flag|Mauritania}}||25 February 1963||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 February 1963 when first Ambassador of Mauritania to Italy (resident in Paris) Mr. Bakar Ould Ahmedou presented his credentials to President Antonio Segni.<ref name="ReferenceR">{{Cite web |title=Presidenza Antonio Segni Bakar Ould Ahmedou, nuovo ambasciatore della Mauritania: presentazione lettere credenziali |url=https://archivio.quirinale.it/aspr/fotografico/PHOTO-001-011033/presidente/antonio-segni/bakar-ould-ahmedou-nuovo-ambasciatore-della-mauritania-presentazione-lettere-credenziali |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162800/https://archivio.quirinale.it/aspr/fotografico/PHOTO-001-011033/presidente/antonio-segni/bakar-ould-ahmedou-nuovo-ambasciatore-della-mauritania-presentazione-lettere-credenziali |archive-date=7 July 2023 |access-date=7 July 2023 |website=Portale storico della Presidenza della Repubblica |language=it}}</ref>
*Italy is represented in Mauritania by its embassy in [[Rabat]], [[Morocco]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/ministero/laretediplomatica/rete-diplomatica-mappa.html?p=MAURITANIA&c=&cm=&ricerca=View+the+results|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724130641/https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/ministero/laretediplomatica/rete-diplomatica-mappa.html?p=MAURITANIA&c=&cm=&ricerca=View+the+results|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 24, 2021|title=Rete diplomatica}}</ref> 
*Mauritania has an embassy in [[Rome|Roma]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.esteri.it/mae/doc/lda.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-09-03 |archive-date=2019-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103125227/https://www.esteri.it/mae/doc/lda.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Morocco}}
|1 October 1956
|See [[Italy–Morocco relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 October 1956<ref name="Storia">{{Cite web |title=Storia |url=https://ambrabat.esteri.it/ambasciata_rabat/it/i_rapporti_bilaterali/cooperazione_politica/storia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162158/https://ambrabat.esteri.it/ambasciata_rabat/it/i_rapporti_bilaterali/cooperazione_politica/storia |archive-date=7 July 2023 |access-date=7 July 2023 |website=Ambasciata d'Italia Rabat |language=it}}</ref>

* Italy has an embassy in [[Rabat]].
* Morocco has an embassy in Rome and consulate-generals in [[Bologna]], [[Milan]], [[Naples]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diplomatie.ma/en/directory|title=Annuaire|access-date=2024-01-03|archive-date=2023-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308083424/https://www.diplomatie.ma/en/directory|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Palermo]], [[Turin]] and [[Verona]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2020/02/294570/coronavirus-moroccan-embassy-in-italy-ensures-communitys-safety/|title=Coronavirus: Moroccan Embassy in Italy Ensures Community's Safety|access-date=2024-01-03|archive-date=2020-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205230423/https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2020/02/294570/coronavirus-moroccan-embassy-in-italy-ensures-communitys-safety/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Nigeria}}||<!--Date started-->||

* Italy has an embassy in Nigeria and a consulate in Lagos.
* Nigeria has an embassy in [[Rome]].
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|{{Flag|Rwanda}}
|5 May 1965
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 May 1965 when Ambassador of Rwanda to Italy Mr. Emanuele Kaberuka presented his credentials to President Giuseppe Saragat.<ref name="ReferenceT" />
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|{{Flag|Senegal}}
|1 March 1961
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 March 1961.<ref name="ReferenceP">{{Cite web |title=Presidenza Giovanni Gronchi: Sua Eccellenza Edouard Basse, nuovo ambasciatore del Senegal: presentazione delle lettere credenziali |url=https://archivio.quirinale.it/aspr/fotografico/PHOTO-001-007082/presidente/giovanni-gronchi/sua-eccellenza-edouard-basse-nuovo-ambasciatore-del-senegal-presentazione-lettere-credenziali |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017033457/https://archivio.quirinale.it/aspr/fotografico/PHOTO-001-007082/presidente/giovanni-gronchi/sua-eccellenza-edouard-basse-nuovo-ambasciatore-del-senegal-presentazione-lettere-credenziali |archive-date=17 October 2023 |access-date=2 October 2023 |website=Portale storico della Presidenza della Repubblica |language=it}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Somalia}}||1 July 1960||See [[Italy–Somalia relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 July 1960.<ref name="F. le Monnier" />

* Relations date from the period of the [[Roman Empire]].
* Somalia was an [[Italian Somalia|Italian colony]] from 1889 until 1947.
* Italy recognizes and supports the [[Federal Government of Somalia]].
* Somalia has an embassy in [[Rome]].
* Italy is scheduled to re-open its embassy in [[Mogadishu]].
* There are around 1,000 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in Somalia (see [[Italian Somalis]]).
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|{{flag|South Africa}}||31 October 1929
|See [[Italy–South Africa relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 October 1929 when has been appointed first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Italy to Union of South Africa Natale Labia.<ref name="Magyar" />
* Italy has an embassy in [[Pretoria]], a consulate in [[Johannesburg]], 2 consulates (in [[Cape Town]] and [[Durban]]) and 2 honorary consulates (in [[East London, Eastern Cape|East London]] and [[Port Elizabeth]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambpretoria.esteri.it/ambasciata_pretoria|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Pretoria|website=www.ambpretoria.esteri.it|access-date=2009-06-28|archive-date=2015-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919065650/http://www.ambpretoria.esteri.it/ambasciata_pretoria|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conscapetown.esteri.it/Consolato_Capetown|title=Consolato - Cape Town|website=www.conscapetown.esteri.it|access-date=2009-06-28|archive-date=2015-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803102556/http://www.conscapetown.esteri.it/Consolato_Capetown|url-status=live}}</ref>
* South Africa has an embassy in Rome and 7 honorary consulates (in [[Bari]], [[Bologna]], [[Florence]], [[Genoa]], [[Naples]], [[Trieste]] and [[Venice]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sudafrica.it/|title=Ambasciata del Sudafrica Roma/Italia|website=www.sudafrica.it|access-date=2009-06-28|archive-date=2011-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406120348/http://www.sudafrica.it/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* There are around 77,400 people of [[Italian diaspora|Italian descent]] living in South Africa (see [[Italian South Africans]]).
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090405172544/http://www.dfa.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/italy.html South African Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Italy]}}
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|{{Flag|South Sudan}}
|23 May 2012
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 May 2012.<ref name="mail-archive.com" />
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|{{Flag|Sudan}}
|31 October 1956
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 October 1956 when Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Sudan to Italy Mr. Omer Abedel Hanid Adeel has presented his credentials to President Giovanni Gronchi.<ref name="archivio.quirinale.it" />
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|{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|9 December 1961
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 9 December 1961 when open Embassy of Italy in Dar es Salaam with accredited Chargé d'Affaires of Italy to Tanganyika Mr. Luciano Falco<ref name="ReferenceQ" />
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|{{flag|Tunisia}}||20 June 1956
|See [[Italy–Tunisia relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 June 1956.<ref name="Chronologie Internationale" />
* Italy has an embassy in [[Tunis]] and 3 honorary consulates (in [[Bizerte]], [[Sfax]] and [[Sousse]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambtunisi.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Tunisi|title=Ambasciata d'Italia - Tunisi|website=www.ambtunisi.esteri.it|access-date=2009-06-28|archive-date=2016-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605073902/http://www.ambtunisi.esteri.it/ambasciata_tunisi|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Tunisia has an embassy in Rome, a general consulate in [[Palermo]], 3 consulates (in [[Genoa]], [[Milan]] and [[Naples]]) and 2 honorary consulates (in [[Bari]] and [[Novara]]).
* Both countries are full members of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]].
* There was an important [[Italian Tunisians|Italian community living in Tunisia]] before the independence.
* Italy [[Tunisian campaign|briefly occupied]] Tunisia from 1942 to 1943.

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|{{flag|Uganda}}||5 July 1964
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Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 July 1964<ref name="ambkampala.esteri.it" />
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|{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}
|18 April 1980
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 April 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1980 |title=1980 testi e documenti sulla politica estera dell'Italia |url=https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/images/biblioteca/testi/1980%20Testi%20e%20Documenti%20sulla%20politica%20estera%20dell%27Italia.pdf |access-date=2 October 2023 |page=29 |language=it |archive-date=24 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024154302/https://www.farnesina.ipzs.it/images/biblioteca/testi/1980%20Testi%20e%20Documenti%20sulla%20politica%20estera%20dell%27Italia.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
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