Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived on Friday (Saturday in Manila) in Abidjan on the first stop of his Africa tour to boost ties and business relations on a continent that has become a key trading partner with China.

Abe was met at the airport by Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara on this first African visit by a Japanese head of government in eight years.

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