American President, Barack Obama, who spoke at the African Union (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital has given strict warning to African leaders.
“I’ll be frank with you, it can’t just be America that’s talking about these things. Fellow African countries have to talk about these things. "Just as other countries championed your break from colonialism, our nations must all raise our voices when universal rights are being denied. For if we truly believe that Africans are equal in dignity, then Africans have an equal right to freedoms that are universal — that’s a principle we all have to defend. And it's not just a Western idea; it's a human idea.
“I have to also say that Africa’s democratic progress is also at risk when leaders refuse to step aside when their terms end. Now, let me be honest with you — I do not understand this. I am in my second term. It has been an extraordinary privilege for me to serve as President of the United States.
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