By KABS KANU AND PASCO TEMPLE :
As President Ernest Koroma stays home to lead and mastermind the fight against Ebola, Sierra Leones delegation is being headed at the U.S/ Africa Summit by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr. Samura Kamara. Ambassador to the U.S, H.E. Bockarie Stevens , is also part of the delegation.
Sierra Leone’s President Koroma and Liberia’s Head of State, Mrs. Ellen Johnson -Sirleaf have both declared a state of Emergency and cancelled plans to attend the Summit , to give more attention to the Ebola scourge in their respective countries.
THE NAMES OF LEADERS OF DELEGATIONS TO THE SUMMIT :
Algeria: Delegation headed by Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal
- Angola: Delegation headed by Vice President Manuel Domingos Vicente
- Benin: Delegation headed by President Boni Yayi
- Botswana: Delegation headed by Foreign Minister PhAndu Tombola Chanda Skelemani
- Burkina Faso: Delegation headed by President Blaise Compaore
- Burundi: Delegation headed by President Pierre Nkurunziza
- Cabo Verde: Delegation headed by President Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca
- Cameroon: Delegation headed by President Paul Biya
- Chad: Delegation headed by President Idriss Deby Itno
- Comoros: Delegation headed by President Ikililou Dhoinine
- Cote d’Ivoire: Delegation headed by Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: Delegation headed by President Joseph Kabila Kabange
- Djibouti: Delegation headed by President Ismail Omar Guelleh
- Egypt: Delegation headed by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab
- Equatorial Guinea: Delegation headed by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
- Ethiopia: Delegation headed by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe
- Gabon: Delegation headed by President Ali Bongo Ondimba
- Ghana: Delegation headed by President John Dramani Mahama
- Guinea: Delegation headed by President Alpha Condé
- Guinea Bissau: Delegation headed by President Jose Mario Vaz
- Kenya: Delegation headed by President Uhuru Kenyatta
- Lesotho: Delegation headed by Prime Minister Motsoahae Thomas Thabane
- Liberia: Delegation headed by Vice President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr.
- Libya: Delegation headed by Prime Minister Abdalla Alteni
- Madagascar: Delegation headed by President Hery Rajaonarimampianina
- Malawi: Delegation headed by President Arthur Peter Mutharika
- Mali: Delegation headed by President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
- Mauritania: Delegation headed by President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
- Mauritius: Delegation headed by Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam
- Morocco: Delegation headed by Prime Minister Abdel-Ilah Benkiran
- Mozambique: Delegation headed by President Armando Emílio Guebuza
- Namibia: Delegation headed by President Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba
- Niger: Delegation headed by President Issoufou Mahamadou
- Nigeria: Delegation headed by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
- Republic of the Congo: Delegation headed by President Denis Sassou-Nguesso
- Rwanda: Delegation headed by President Paul Kagame
- São Tomé and Príncipe: Delegation headed by Prime Minister Gabriel Arcanjo Ferreira da Costa
- Senegal: Delegation headed by President Macky Sall
- Seychelles: Delegation headed by President James Alix Michel
- Sierra Leone: Delegation headed by Foreign Minister Samura Kamara
- Somalia: Delegation headed by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
- South Africa: Delegation headed by President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
- South Sudan: Delegation headed by President Salva Kiir Mayardit
- Swaziland: Delegation headed by King Mswati III
- Tanzania: Delegation headed by President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
- The Gambia: Delegation headed by President Alhaji Dr. Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh
- Togo: Delegation headed by President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé
- Tunisia: Delegation headed by President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki
- Uganda: Delegation headed by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
- Zambia: Delegation headed by Vice President Guy Scott
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