Livoni returned to Italy: “I’m fine but complicated days have passed”

“I am happy to be back in Italy. Now I am fine, despite having been complicated and very worried days, but thanks to the constant contact with the Italian Embassy I have remained confident”. This was stated by the Italian cooperator of the NGO Vis, Alberto Livoni, who returned to Italy in the past few hours after being stopped for a few days by the Ethiopian authorities in Addis Ababa. “My thoughts now go to my Ethiopian colleagues still detained”, added Livoni, as reported in a note from the NGO International Volunteer for Development. “Thanks to the commitment of the Italian Embassy in Ethiopia, Alberto last night was returned “, added the NGO, underlining that” we are happy to be able to hug our colleague again but apprehension remains high for the two local Vis operators still in custody “.