IN PICTURES: Heads of State attend the Presidential Inauguration

Heads of State and Government from different countries, on Sunday, August 11, attended the inauguration of President Paul Kagame. Leaders who travelled to Kigali for the inauguration include the President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, who is also the Chairperson of the East African Community, Gen. Umaro Sissoco Embalo, the President of Guinea Bissau, and Dr. Emmerson Mnangagwa, the President of Zimbabwe. Prime Minister of Senegal Ousmane Sonko, also jetted in Rwanda to attend the inauguration. President of Gabon, Brice Oligui Nguema, Ivory Coast Vice President, Tiemoko Meyliet Koné, São Tomé and Príncipe Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada,and General Mamadi Doumbouya President of Guinea arrived in Rwanda. Other Heads of State who jetted in Rwanda in the evening, to attend the Presidential Inauguration are; Ghana President, Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadéra and Faure Gnassingbé, President of Togo. King Mswati III of Eswatini also arrived in Rwanda ahead of President Paul Kagame’s inauguration. According to Olivier Nduhungirehe, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, at least 22 Heads of State, four Vice President and two Prime Ministers are expected to attend the inauguration which will take place at Amahoro National Stadium. Lt Gen Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan Abdelrahman, President of Sudan TSC, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and Sahle-Work Zewde, President of Ethiopia are among more Heads of State who arrived in Kigali on Sunday morning to attend the inauguration ceremony. More presidents including, William Samoei Ruto, President of Kenya, President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi and the President of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina also jetted in Kigali on Sunday, for the inauguration ceremony. Other Heads of State who attended Kagame's inauguration are; João Lourenço, President of Angola, Dr. Mokgweetsi E.K Masisi, President of Botswana, President of Djibouti, Ismail Omar Guelleh and Denis Sassou-N'Guesso, President of the Republic of Congo.

In Pictures

IN PICTURES: Heads of State attend the Presidential Inauguration