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AFRICA LIFELINE

JAPAN / AFRICA LIFELINE
May 31, 2008
Long-term vision needed to solve African food shortages
YOKOHAMA — Investing in agriculture in Africa to solve food shortages is more important than just reacting to the continent's present food crisis, according to the leader of a U.N. food aid organization.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AFRICA LIFELINE
May 28, 2008
Africa donors failing with financing: Sachs
The main quandary in aiding Africa is not the absence of initiatives or technology, but the "lack of adequate financing" by donor countries that fail to follow through on their commitments, U.N. adviser and economist Jeffrey Sachs said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AFRICA LIFELINE
May 28, 2008
Connection: Commodities
Few Japanese may be knowledgeable about far-away Africa, but the continent's exports affect daily life here.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AFRICA LIFELINE
May 28, 2008
Fukuda slates scores of Africa minisummits at TICAD
YOKOHAMA — Leaders from all but one African nation have arrived in Yokohama to attend the three-day Tokyo International Conference on African Development, which kicks off Wednesday to explore ways to promote economic growth and fight poverty.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AFRICA LIFELINE
May 27, 2008
Investors looking beyond raw materials to consumers
Japan and its trading houses have scrambled in recent years to court resource-rich African countries as competition has intensified with Europe and China to secure natural resources and raw materials prices have surged with the demand of rapidly growing emerging economies.
JAPAN / AFRICA LIFELINE
May 26, 2008
Tokyo ready to shift foreign-aid focus from Asia to Africa
Japan is embarking on a diplomatic sea change.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AFRICA LIFELINE
May 25, 2008
Opportunity to knock on Japan's door at TICAD, Gabon envoy says
The upcoming conference on African development in Yokohama will showcase opportunities in resource-rich African countries that are hoping to build strategic partnerships with Japan, according to Gabon's ambassador to Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AFRICA LIFELINE
May 24, 2008
JICA, TICAD look beyond basics to growth
When the first Tokyo International Conference on African Development was held in 1993, aid to Africa still meant providing support for social infrastructure, including water, health and education projects, because many of the countries were in civil war and their people needed basic necessities.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AFRICA LIFELINE
May 23, 2008
People being hung out to dry in aid race for resources: NGO
Africa's abundance of natural resources and the robust economic growth some of its nations are experiencing in no way indicate the continent is on the road to stability and democratization, a representative for a Tokyo-based nongovernmental group said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AFRICA LIFELINE
May 23, 2008
Africa must lay foundation for investors: Sudan
As Japan increases efforts to promote sustainable growth, African countries must create an environment suitable for attracting private investment, says Steven Kiliona Wondu, Sudan's ambassador to Japan.

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