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| Barack Obama, Oprah and Bono to visit South Africa to pay tribute to Mandela | Barack Obama, Oprah and Bono to visit South Africa to pay tribute to Mandela |
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| Dozens of heads of state, retired politicians and other assorted luminaries are expected to arrive in South Africa to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela this week. The bulk are due to attend a memorial service on Tuesday morning at the huge FNB football stadium, also open to members of the public, with screens set up at other sports grounds. A smaller number will attend the funeral on Sunday in Qunu, Eastern Cape province. | Dozens of heads of state, retired politicians and other assorted luminaries are expected to arrive in South Africa to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela this week. The bulk are due to attend a memorial service on Tuesday morning at the huge FNB football stadium, also open to members of the public, with screens set up at other sports grounds. A smaller number will attend the funeral on Sunday in Qunu, Eastern Cape province. |
| Confirmed to attend one or both of the events: | Confirmed to attend one or both of the events: |
| President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama | |
| Former US presidents George W Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter | Former US presidents George W Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter |
| UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon and his predecessor Kofi Annan | |
| Prince Charles (the funeral) | Prince Charles (the funeral) |
| David Cameron (the memorial service) | |
| Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg | Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg |
| Former British prime ministers Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and John Major | |
| Labour party leader Ed Miliband | Labour party leader Ed Miliband |
| Cardinal Turkson, as representative of Pope Francis | |
| President of the European Union council Herman Van Rompuy | President of the European Union council Herman Van Rompuy |
| France's president François Hollande and his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy | |
| Germany's president Joachim Gauck | Germany's president Joachim Gauck |
| Cuban president Raúl Castro | |
| Spain's prime minister Mariano Rajoy and the heir to the Spanish throne, Prince Felipe | |
| Denmark's prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and Crown Prince Frederik | |
| Norway's prime minister Erna Solberg and Crown Prince Haakon | |
| India's president Pranab Mukherjee | India's president Pranab Mukherjee |
| Brazilian president Dilma Rouseff and three of her predecessors | |
| Canada's prime minister Stephen Harper | Canada's prime minister Stephen Harper |
| Australia's prime minister Tony Abbott | |
| Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Bangladesh's president Abdul Hamid | |
| Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai | Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai |
| Haiti's prime minister Laurent Lamothe | |
| Argentinian vice-president Amado Boudou | |
| Dutch foreign minister Frans Timmermans, and King Willem-Alexander | Dutch foreign minister Frans Timmermans, and King Willem-Alexander |
| Czech foreign minister Jan Kohout | |
| Nepal's foreign minister Madhav Prasad Ghimire | Nepal's foreign minister Madhav Prasad Ghimire |
| Indian president Pranab Mukherjee | |
| Prime minister of the Bahamas Perry Christie | |
| Belgium's King Philippe | |
| Former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari | |
| Former Irish president Mary Robinson | Former Irish president Mary Robinson |
| Angolan vice-president Manuel Vicente | Angolan vice-president Manuel Vicente |
| President of Benin Boni Yayi | |
| Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan | |
| President of Botswana Ian Khama | |
| President of Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza | |
| President of Chad Idriss Deby Itno | |
| China's vice-president Li Yuanchao | |
| Comoros president Ikiliou Dhoinine | |
| Bill Gates | |
| Oprah Winfrey | Oprah Winfrey |
| Richard Branson | |
| Peter Gabriel | Peter Gabriel |
| Naomi Campbell | |
| Annie Lennox | |
| Bono | |
| Representatives from a group of Dublin supermarket workers who went on a three-year strike from 1984 over their refusal to handle goods from apartheid-era South Africa | Representatives from a group of Dublin supermarket workers who went on a three-year strike from 1984 over their refusal to handle goods from apartheid-era South Africa |
| Not attending | |
| Binyamin Netanyahu (Israeli media has reported the prime minister saying that the trip would be too expensive) | Binyamin Netanyahu (Israeli media has reported the prime minister saying that the trip would be too expensive) |
| The Queen (she has been advised to avoid long-haul flights at the age of 87) | The Queen (she has been advised to avoid long-haul flights at the age of 87) |
| The Czech prime minister Jiri Rusnok (he was caught on a TV microphone saying he was "dreading" having to go) | The Czech prime minister Jiri Rusnok (he was caught on a TV microphone saying he was "dreading" having to go) |
| The Dalai Lama (he was refused a visa under Chinese pressure when he last sought to go to South Africa) | The Dalai Lama (he was refused a visa under Chinese pressure when he last sought to go to South Africa) |
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