Japan to back women's peacemaking role at African development confab

Japan is set to express support for women taking leading roles in peacemaking during a ministerial meeting for African development to be held in Tokyo next weekend, sources close to the matter said Saturday.The new initiative will focus on the Horn of Africa, a region in the eastern part of the continent riddled with conflict, with an eight-country African trade bloc known as the Intergovernmental Authority on Development to act as the base.Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, who will chair the ministerial meeting of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development on Aug. 24-…READ FULL ARTICLE