The Japan-led Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD 9, closed Aug. 22 by adopting a joint communique that reaffirms the importance of multilateral trade to counter global protectionist moves.

The Yokohama Declaration included a plan to strengthen links between Africa and the Indo-Pacific region, in line with a new economic initiative Prime Minister Shiger

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