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11/02/2004:

"Africa problems a global issue"

Tokyo - Global stability and prosperity cannot be achieved unless development issues in Africa are resolved with help from the international community, Japan's prime minister said Monday.

At the start of the two-day Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or Ticad, participants from 88 countries - including 47 African nations - discussed ways to boost trade and investment between Asia and Africa, a foreign ministry statement said.

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