TOKYO -- Japan will hold its seventh summit on African development next month amid a proliferation of similar events, as countries compete to build closer ties with a region whose economic and political influence are expected to grow in the coming decades.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, held a summit with African leaders in Beijing last September. © Reuters
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