In an official visit to Tripoli in April 1939, Nazi Field Marshal Hermann Goring, met with the Italian colonial governor general of Libya, Italo Balbo, who succeeded Pietro Badoglio.

Italy and Libya are poised to sign a treaty designed to settle the question of compensation for Italy's colonisation of the country, Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema reportedly said. October ...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and interim Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh review the honor guard in Tripoli, Libya, May 7, 2024 (AP photo by Yousef Murad). As working summits ...

Food products coming from former Italian colony 'Tripolitania', now Libya, are seen in a deposit of the Museo delle Civilta', Museum of Civilizations, in Rome, Friday, April 14, 2023.

Italy's government is eyeing Africa in pursuit of energy security, even as some officials defend Rome's often-bloody colonial past on the continent -- giving short shrift to historical accuracy.

Italy is starting to come to terms with its Fascist-era colonial past and the loot it has in its museums. Skip to main content.

Italy is starting to come to terms with its Fascist-era colonial past and the loot it has in its museums.

It seems appropriate that Italy’s experiment in coming to terms with its colonial past, including the recent restitution conference, is based at the Museum of Civilizations, located in one of ...

ROME (AP) — For decades, Italy has worked to recover ancient Roman-era statues, Etruscan vases and other treasures that were looted from its soil and sold to museums around the world.