Botswana to host TICAD meeting this weekend

High-ranking officials of the Government of Japan led by Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone, representatives of African, Asian and donor countries, regional and international organizations, the private sector and civil society, will gather in Gaborone, Botswana during 21-22 March 2009 for, to review the achievements made in the past nine months since the presentation of the Yokohama Action Plan at the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development (TICAD IV) held from 28to 30 May 2008 in Yokohama.