TOKYO, March 17 (UPI) -- Japan plans to give $19.1 million in food aid to mainly African nations as part of its bid to win a seat on the U.N. Security Council.
Government sources said the Cabinet was to approve the aid package, which would be carried out through the U.N. World Food Program, the Mainichi Shimbun reported Thursday.
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Nations to receive the aid include the African nations of Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo and Mozambique, and seven others in other parts of the world.
About $12.9 million of the $19.1 million aid package is intended for the nine African countries, the sources said.
The aid money will be used to buy food such as rice, wheat and corn.
