Ghana@50: Who was there

18 African heads of state as well as a good number of other high profile dignitaries are expected during the peak of Ghana@50 celebrations. Below is a list of confirmed participants. ( Those marked in red took part

Heads of State

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (Algeria)
President Festus Mogae of Botswana
President Blaise Campoare (Burkina Faso)
President Paul Biya (Cameroun)
President Pedro Pires (Cape Verde)
President Ahmad Abdullah Sambi (Comoros)
President Joseph Kabila (DR Congo)
President Omar Bongo (Gabon)
President Bernado Vierra (Guinea Bissau)
President Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia)
President Muamar al Gadafi (Libya)
President Amadou Toumani Toure (Mali)
President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria (Guest of honor)
President Bingu wa Mutharika (Malawi)
President Armando Emelio Guebuza (Mozambique)
President Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia
President Paul Kagame (Rwanda)
President Thabo Mbeki (South Africa)
President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (Tanzania)
President Faure Gnassingbe (Togo)
President Museweni (Uganda)
President Levy Mwanawasa (Zambia)
President Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe)

Govt Representatives

Angola: Roberto Victor de Almeida (National Assembly Speaker)
China: Abduldhat Abdulrixit (Vice Chairman of the National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference)
Iran: Ahmad Moussavi(Vice-President for legal and Majlis affairs, )
Kenya: Vice-President Mr Moody Awori
South Korea: Park Myung-jae (Minister of Govt Admin. & Home Affairs)
Tanzania: Vice-President, Dr Ali Mohamed Shein
United Kingdom: Prince Edwards (Duke of Kent representing the Queen)
USA: Alphonso Jackson (Sec. for Housing and Urban Dev't); Jendayi Frazer(Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs);Congressman Donald Payne (Democrat-New Jersey)

Organizations

Rev Jesse Jackson (Rainbow Coalition)
Baroness Amos, Leader of the UK House of Lords and Lord President of the Council.
U.S. Congressional Black Caucus delegation
Ronald A. Tschetter (Peace Corps Director)
Paul Wolfowitz: Head of the World Bank
Head of the IMF
Hon. H.A. Mongella - President of the Pan African Parliament