Accra, April 19, GNA - Former President Jerry John Rawlings leaves Accra on Wednesday, for Johannesburg, South Africa to participate in the African Presidential Roundtable 2006, scheduled for the Witwatersrand University.

A statement in Accra said the former President would be accompanied by Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings and Mr Victor Emmanuel Smith, Special Assistant and Director of Public Affairs of Flt Lt Rawlings. The Roundtable is held annually under the auspices of the African Presidential Archives and Research Centre (APARC) of the Boston University.

Former African Heads of State, policy makers and public sector leaders are expected to deliberate on issues of growth and development of the continent at the Roundtable.