By Andrew Irumba
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Monday morning flew to Yokohama, Japan, where he is slated to attend the Tokyo International Conference for African Development.
Museveni, who traveled abroad the Presidential Gulf Stream jet from Entebbe International airport, tweeted thus shortly after take-off;
“I have left for Japan to attend the seventh edition of the Tokyo International Conference for African Development (TICAD) summit. #TICAD7” The conference will also be attended by heads of state from several other African countries.
The Tokyo International Conference of African Development (TICAD) External link was launched in 1993 by the Government of Japan, to promote Africa’s development, peace and security, through the strengthening of relations in multilateral cooperation and partnership, particularly with the country.
Coming at a time when aid fatigue had become apparent, the launch of TICAD was catalytic for refocusing international attention on Africa’s development needs. In the course of the past 20 years, TICAD has evolved into a major global and open and multilateral forum for mobilizing and sustaining international support for Africa’s development under the principles of African “ownership” and international “partnership.
