The Mugabe inuaguration
Those present, those who boycotted, and those who were not invited
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Your support makes all the difference.THOSE PRESENT
Mozambique – President Joaquim Chisano
Namibia – President Sam Nujoma
Democratic Republic of Congo – President Laurent Kabila
Tanzania – President Benjamin Mkapa
Malawi – President Bakili Muluzi
South Africa – Deputy President Jacob Zuma
Zambia – Deputy President Enoch Kavindele
Botswana – Vice President Seretse Ian Khama
Angola – Home Affairs Minister Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos
Libya – Minister of African Unity Ali Abd-al-Salam al-Turayki
Ghana – High Commissioner in Harare, Kwasi Baah Boakye
Rwanda – Deputy President Paul Kigame
Pro-government civil society groups and quangos, such as the Indigenous Business Development Corporation
THOSE WHO BOYCOTTED
Britain and the EU
USA
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
THOSE NOT INVITED
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)
Civil society groups critical of last week's election
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