Day: August 24, 2024

Japan Reaffirms Its Position on the Polisario Front at TICAD 9 Meeting

(Front L to R) Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed attend the opening session of the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Tunisia's capital Tunis on August 27, 2022. - Japan opened the Africa investment conference seeking to counter the influence of rival China which has steadily grown its economic imprint on the continent. It takes place amid a "complex" international environment caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Some 30 heads of state and government are expected to attend the event at a time when the import-dependent North African nation is grappling with a deepening economic malaise. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / POOL / AFP)

Japan Reaffirms Its Position on the Polisario Front at TICAD 9 Meeting

WMF August 24, 2024

During the preparatory meeting for the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), which commenced...