Italy unveils plan to boost African economies, curb migrant arrivals

ROME, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Italy on Monday pledged around 5.5 billion euros (5.96 billion U.S. dollars) to support its initiatives to help economic development in Africa, as part of a wider strategy to reduce the flow of migrants from Africa to Europe.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called the Mattei Plan -- named after Italian industrialist Enrico Mattei, who played a key role in Italy's economic developm