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Tuesday 10 December 2013

PHOTOS: Global leaders arrive in South Africa as hundreds of thousands gather in Soweto for MANDELA'S historic memorial service

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President Barack Obama and the First Lady have arrived in Johannesburg after Air Force One touched down in South Africa on Tuesday morning. The Obamas were met at the airport by South Africa's minister for international relations Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (pictured above left) - after a 17-hour flight from Washington with former President George W Bush and his wife Laura, and former Secretary of State and first lady Hillary Clinton.

As dignitaries from around the world flew in for the funeral service, South Africans gathered in their thousands to celebrate the life of their inspirational leader (inset).

See photos below...more photos to come as events unfold....


Former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura are seen coming off of Air Force One after the Obamas as the two couples shared the plane with former Secretary of State and first lady Hillary Clinton

Lines of succession: Obama led the Americans, followed by Michelle, then former President George Bush, Laura Bush, and Hillary Clinton seen just slightly at the end


 
Representatives: David Cameron and Nick Clegg were attending the ceremony along with three former Prime Ministers of Britain

Arrival: Mr Cameron, Mr Clegg and John Major walking in to the FNB Stadium this morning

Successor: Jacob Zuma, the current president of South Africa, is giving the keynote speech during the ceremony

Ally: FW de Klerk, who was awarded the Nobel Prize along with Mandela for his role in ending apartheid, arrives with his wife Elita

Stars: U2 singer Bono and South African actress Charlize Theron talking in the crowd at the ceremony

Dignitary: Sir John Major  former Prime Minister of the UK

Respected: Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan arrived with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former President Jimmy Carter

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace Mugabe (centre) arrive in Pretoria ahead of the memorial


 
Equatorial Guinea's president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (left) and Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) also arrived in South Africa on Monday night

Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain (centre) is also on the guestlist for the prestigious memorial

 
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (left) and Malawi's President Joyce Banda (right) arrive at Waterkloof Air Force Base in Pretoria
 
 
 
More photos to come.....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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