Barack Obama condemns African leaders who refuse to step down in historic speech to African Union
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Barack Obama has condemned African leaders who refuse to give up power and urged the continent to end "the cancer of corruption", in the first ever address to the African Union by a US president.
But Mr Obama also said the world needed to change its approach to Africa by boosting fair trade and not just aid, vowing that the United States stood with the region to defeat terrorism and end conflict.
The speech marked the end of a short tour that has seen Mr Obama visit Kenya, his father's birthplace, and Ethiopia.
Both are key security allies in the fight against Somalia's Al Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militants, but they were also taken up on concerns over democracy, human rights and corruption.
"Africa's democratic progress is also at risk when leaders refuse to step aside when their terms end," Mr Obama said, drawing huge applause and cheers from some sections of the audience in the AU's Nelson Mandela hall.
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