Japan to give $1 bn for Sahel security, stabilisation Japan says it will give $1 billion in aid to help stabilise the Islamist-infested Sahel region of Africa, months after the deaths of 10 Japanese in a hostage crisis there. The money is part of a $14 billion aid package to be given to Africa over five years, which Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced at the start of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development. Images and soundbites.