Eighteen African leaders left Beijing yesterday after attending the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, concluding their visit to China.

They are presidents or prime ministers from Nigeria, Uganda, the Republic of Congo, Ghana, Rwanda, Botswana, Senegal, Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, Tanzania, Kenya, Morocco, Mali, Angola, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Liberia.

Also on Monday, presidents of Sierra Leone, Namibia, Sudan, Togo and prime minister of Lesotho headed for central China's Hunan Province, the southern Shenzhen city, Hainan Province and the eastern Suzhou city and Qingdao city, respectively.