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| TICAD | | Last Updated 02/06/2008 15:33:00 |
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 | TICAD IV sets framework for "century of African growth" | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Representatives from 51 African countries, including 40
heads of state and government, joined Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda of Japan, in c
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eating a blueprint for a "century of African growth" at the Fourth Tokyo Interna
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ional Conference on African Development (TICAD IV).
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| Africa, Japan hail conduct of TICAD IV | | Yokohama, Japan (PANA) - Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, also incumbe
nt chairman of the African Union (AU) and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda
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ednesday hailed the conduct of the fourth Tokyo International Conference on Afri
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Development(TICAD IV), outlining the need to implement the crucial decisions mad
e during
the three-day meeting.
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| African heads of state flock to Japan for TICAD IV | | Yokohama, Japan (PANA) - Presidents Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso and Amadou T
oumani Touré of Mali arrived in Yokohama, in Japan's central southern part, on T
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esday to attend the fourth Tokyo conference on Africa's development (TICAD IV) w
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ich begins on Wednesday.
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| Morocco PM in Japan for TICAD IV | | Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Moroccan prime minister, Abbas El Fassi, is currently in
Japan where he will represent his country at the 4th Tokyo International Confer
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nce on Africa's Development (TICAD) scheduled for 28 to 30 May in the Japanese c
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ty of Yokohama.
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| President Mwanawasa to lead Zambian delegation to TICAD IV | | Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - President Levy Mwanawasa is expected in Yokohama, Japan,
Tuesday where he is expected to lead a senior Zambian government delegation to
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he fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) schedule
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to hold from Wednesday to Friday.
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| Ethiopian Prime Ministers leaves for TICAD IV | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi left here M
onday for Japan to join other African leaders at the Fourth Tokyo International
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onference on African Development (TICAD), scheduled to take place in Yokohama ci
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y from
28-30 May.
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| Namibia's Pohamba off to attend TICAD | | Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba
Monday left for Japan to attend the Tokyo International Conference on
African Development (TICAD IV), saying the conference was aimed at
strengthening economic ties between the Asian nation and Africa.
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| AU welcomes Japan's role in peace consolidation | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Commission of the African Union (AU)
Thursday welcomed Japan's peace consolidation initiative for Africa,
saying the continental body was committed to building strong partnership
that backs Africa's own efforts.
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| African peace deals must be ring fenced | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Peace agreements reached to end conflicts
in Africa should be realistic, and create a dynamic for peace by laying
out a process of interlocking and mutually reinforcing actions, Frene
Ginwala, co-chair of the Global Coalition for Africa said here Thursday.
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| Annan appeals for more support to African peace efforts | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
has called on the international community to do more to support
post-conflict peacebuilding and reconstruction in Africa saying
armed conflicts were hampering the economic growth and
development of the continent.
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| Kibaki lures Asian investors at Tokyo conference | | Tokyo, Japan (PANA) - President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya beckoned at
Asian investors as an Asia-Africa Trade and Investment Conference
(AATIC) got underway here Monday, to jump at Africa's tempting
opportunities in especially the sectors of tourism and
infrastructure.
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| Obasanjo sues for creation of Asia-Africa investment centre | | Tokyo, Japan (PANA) - African Union (AU) chairman, President
Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, called here Monday for the creation
of what he dubbed a Japan-Africa Trade and Investment Centre
(JATIC) "to link the AU and regional economic communities more
closely with Japan and Asia."
In his address at the opening of an Asia-Africa Trade and
Investment Conference (AATIC) underway in Tokyo, Obasanjo also
stressed the need for an African Multilateral Investment
Guarantee Agency (AMIGA), as a subsidiary of the African
Development Bank (ADB), "to encourage and guarantee Japanese and
Asian investment" in Africa.
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| Panel worries over growth trends in Africa | | Tokyo, Japan (PANA) - Ahead of the Africa/Asia Trade and
Investment Conference (AATIC) opening here Monday, a panel of
UNDP and World Bank officials conceded Sunday that despite boosts
in its exchange with Asia, Africa's share of global trade and
investment flows remain insignificant.
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