Dignitaries to attend Mandela funeral

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PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is expected to join more than 70 heads of State and government at funeral events for former South African President Nelson Mandela.

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is expected to join more than 70 heads of State and government at funeral events for former South African President Nelson Mandela, with most due to attend a huge memorial service at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg today.

After what has been billed as one of the largest gatherings of global leaders in recent history, only a handful of dignitaries would go to Sunday’s State burial in Mandela’s ancestral home of Qunu in the Eastern Cape. Below is a list of confirmed dignitaries.

Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai. Mozambique — President Armando Guebuza. Algeria — Abdelkader Bensalah (Speaker of the Senate). Namibia – President Hifikepunye Pohamba. Angola — Vice President Manuel Vicente

Niger — President Issoufou Mahamdou . Argentina — Acting President Amado Boudou New Zealand — Prime Minister John Key. Australia — Prime Minister Tony Abbott Nigeria — President Goodluck Jonathan.

Bahamas – Prime Minister Perry Christie Niger — President Mahamadou Issoufou. Bangladesh — President Md Abdul Hamid MD ABDUL Norway — Crown Prince Haakon. Belgium — King Philippe

Pakistan — President Mamnoon Hussain Benin — President Boni Yayi Palestinian State — President Mahmoud Abbas. Botswana – President Ian Khama Portugal — President Anibal Cavaco Silva.

Brazil — President Dilma Rousseff Saudi Arabia – Crwon Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. Burundi – President Pierre Nkurunziza Saharawi Republic — President Mohamed Abdelaziz. Canada – Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Senegal — President Macky Sall. Chad – President Idriss Deby. Serbia – President Tomislav Nikolic China — Vice-President Li Yuanchao. Seychelles – President James Alix Michel.

Comores – President Ikiliou Dhoinine. Spain – The Prince of Asturias Felipe de Borbon. Congo Brazzaville – President Denis Sassou-Nguesso. Sri Lanka — President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Sudan — Vice-President Bakri Hassan Salih.

DR Congo — President Joseph Kabila. Suriname — President Desire Delano Bouterse Ivory Coast – President Allassane Ouattara. Slovenia – President Borut Pahor. Croatia – President Josipovic Ivo.

South Sudan — President Salva Kir. Cuba — President Raul Castro Sweden — Crown Princess Victoria Denmark — Crown Prince Federick. Switzerland — President Ulrich Maurer .

Djibouti — President Ismail Omar Guelleh. Swaziland — Prime Minister Sibusiso Dlamini. Ethiopia — Prime Minister Ato Hailemariam Dessalegn. Equatorial Guinea — President Obiang Mbasogo. Tanzania — President Jakaya Kikwete.

France — President Francois Hollande. Timor-Leste — Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana. Finland — President Sauli Niinisto. Tunisia — President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki. Gabon — President Ali Bongo Ondimba.

Trinidad and Tobago — Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. The Gambia — President Yahya Jammeh. Uganda — President Yoweri Museveni. Ghana — President John Mahama. United Arab Emirates — Minister of Culture Sheikh Nayahan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan.

Germany — President Joachim Gauck. United Kingdom — Prince Charles and Prime Minister David Cameron. United States — President Barack Obama. Guyana — President Donald Ramotar. Venezuela – President Nicolas Maduro.

Guinea — President Alpha Conde Zimbabwe — President Robert Mugabe. India — President Pranab Mukherjee. Zambia — President Michael Sata Ireland — President Michael Higgins.

Arab States League — Minister Amb Samir Hosny. Italy — Prime Minister Enrico Letta. African Union Commission — Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Japan — Crown Prince Naruhito. Commonwealth — Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma.

Jamaica — Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller. European Council — President Herman van Rompuy Jordan — Queen Rania Al Abdullah and Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour. Mexico — President Enrique Pena Nieto. Kenya — President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Mauritius — Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam South Korea — Prime Minister Hongwon Chung. Mauritania — President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Lebanon — Prime Minister Najib Mikati. Malawi — President Joyce Banda

Lesotho — Prime Minister T Thabane. Grand Duchy of Luxembourg — The Grand Duke Liberia – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf