Algiers  - An earthqua

Yokohama, Japan - Threatened by soaring global food prices, African leaders and their development parties Friday agreed to address hunger as well as increase food supplies over the long term at th

Yokohama  - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda vowed Wednesday to double Japan's official development assistance (ODA) to Africa by 2012.

Tokyo  - Japan on Friday vowed to contribute a record 560 million dollars to Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria starting in 2009.