Some African heads of states have arrived in Accra for the inauguration of Ghana’s president-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Saturday.
The African leaders, who started arriving at the Kotoka International Airport earlier in the day, were received by Minister designate for National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah and Hackman Owusu Agyeman among others.
By 5:00pm Friday, seven heads of states had arrived in the country for the special ceremony at the Independence Square.
First to arrive was President of the Algerian Senate, Abdelkader Bensalah, followed by the Prime Minister of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, Abdelkader Taleb Omar.
Former Prime Minister and Assistant to the President of Egypt, Ibrahim Malab also arrived later followed by Zambian President Edgar Lungi
Next was the President of Sierra Leone Dr Ernest Bai Koroma. Others were the heads of state and delegations from Equatorial Guinea, Chad, and Ethiopia.
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