The Eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8) is due next August 27-28 in Tunisia, announced the Japanese Foreign Ministry in a press release. The format of the meeting will be determined in due course while taking into account a number of factors, such as the COVID-19 situation, the press release said, adding that a TICAD Ministerial Meeting will be held online on March 26-27 As the COVID-19 pandemic has had a considerable socio-economic impact also on Africa, Japan deems it is time to engage in international activities and…