Italy’s Giorgia Meloni opens Africa summit with plan to curb migration and boost development

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Italy’s prime minister opened the summit in Rome unveiling the country’s plan for developing the continent, which she hopes would stop migration to Europe.

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00:00 Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Maloney, has opened the Africa Summit in Rome, unveiling

00:06 the country's development plan for the continent.

00:08 The government hopes this will stem migration to Europe, diversify energy sources and forge

00:14 a new relationship between Europe and Africa.

00:17 But it received a lukewarm reception among African leaders who said they would have liked

00:21 to have been consulted before Italy rolled out its plan.

00:25 The event is being attended by two dozen African leaders, top EU and UN officials and representatives

00:30 from international lending institutions.

00:33 [WHOOSH]

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