Pyongyang, December 27 (KCNA) -- Personages of various circles of Uganda, Nigeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Democratic Congo, Senegal, Equatorial Guinea, Namibia and Libya expressed condolences over the demise of leader Kim Jong Il.

They paid condolatory visits to the mourning stations arranged at the DPRK embassies in their capital cities and aid organizations from Dec. 21 to 24.

Among them were acting foreign minister and ministers of Security and Interior of Uganda, the national financial secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Nigeria, the secretary of the Chamberlain of the Presidency of Egypt and representative of the Minister of Justice of Ethiopia.

They laid wreaths, floral baskets and bunches of flowers before portraits of Kim Jong Il and paid silent tribute to him.

Meanwhile, diplomatic envoys of different countries visited the DPRK embassies in their capital cities to express profound condolences over his demise. Among them were diplomatic envoys of China, Cuba, Egypt, Brazil and Congo in Equatorial Guinea, those of Cuba, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Sudan, Libya, Senegal, Angola and Kenya in Ethiopia, and those of China, Cuba, Iran, Sweden, Congo, Gabon, Ghana and Nigeria in Democratic Congo.