THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
August 21, 2025 at 11:35 JST
Managing Director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Makhtar Diop delivers a speech during the opening ceremony for The Ninth Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development (TICAD) in Yokohama, Japan, Aug. 20, 2025. (Pool via AP)
YOKOHAMA--Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday proposed an economic zone connecting the Indian Ocean to Africa as the country seeks to play a greater role in the African continent while America’s presence there decreases and China’s influence rapidly grows. [Read More]
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