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Barack Obama: “Africa's democratic progress is put at risk when leaders refuse to step aside at the end of their terms.”

On the recordDecember 8, 2015
Africa's democratic progress is put at risk when leaders refuse to step aside at the end of their terms.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama emphasized the importance of term limits for democratic stability in Africa.

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