Meloni pledges deeper ties, tackling migration at 2nd Africa- Italy summit

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived in Addis Ababa on Friday for the second Italy-Africa Summit, the first held on African soil, reaffirming Rome’s strategic pivot toward investment-led cooperation with the continent under its Mattei Plan.

Addressing dozens of African leaders, Meloni declared Italy has “no interest in exploiting migration to obtain cheap labour” for its production systems.

Instead, she committed to combating…