Article: G-8: AFRICAN LEADERS QUESTION JAPAN'S COMMITMENT TO AID

Ramesh Jaura
Inter Press Service English News Wire
07-08-2008
TOYAKO, Japan, Jul. 7, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Japan received kudos
Monday from the leaders of seven African states, but many African
leaders also raised doubts about the strength of Japan's commitment
to supporting development on their continent.
The African leaders were meeting with their counterparts from
the Group of Eight major industrialized nations in Toyako on the
northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
The leaders of Algeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South
Africa and Tanzania as well as the African Union were invited by
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fakuda to discuss their concerns with
the heads of state and government ...

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