TOKYO -- Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has called for closer ties between Africa and countries around the Indian Ocean and promised more investment in the region.

A Japan-led global conference on African development has opened in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba ...

Japan hosted African leaders on Wednesday for a three-day development conference, offering itself as an alternative to China ...

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A top official from a UN agency has stressed the importance of Tokyo's continued support for Africa, as Western nations are ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has today, 19 August 2025, arrived in Japan to lead South Africa’s High Level delegation participation to the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development Summit ...

TICAD is a Japan-hosted international aid conference that dates back to 1993 and was last held in Tunisia in 2022. China has ...

Kenya's economy is forecast to grow 5.6% this year despite tariffs and other challenges, President William Ruto said on ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Japan on Tuesday, on a ticket for the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African ...

Tokyo to commit $1.5 billion in impact investments at TICAD-9 in Yokohama. • Funds to target emissions reduction and sustainable development projects. • Backed by JICA and private finance, with focus ...

John Hume, 83, has for years campaigned unsuccessfully for the legalization of international trade in the animals’ horns.

The Political Leader of the Liberian People’s Party (LPP), Cllr. Tiawan Gongloe, has expressed frustration over the failure of the Boakai-Koung-led administration to depart from the negative practices ...