Barack Obama

U.S. investments in child survival have contributed to a 16% decline in childhood mortality and a 13% reduction in maternal mortality since 2008 in 24 priority countries receiving U.S. assistance.

I believe that none of us are fully free when others in the human family remain shackled by poverty or disease or oppression.

Governments matter. Political leadership matters.

Your voice matters: Your ideals, your willingness to act on those ideals, your choices can make a difference.

We are strongly committed to working with partner nations to reach our goal of an AIDS-free generation.

Nelson Mandela showed us that one man's courage can move the world.

Love you. Come on, give me a hug.

Peace and prosperity in Africa and around the world also depends on the attitudes of people.

We have the possibility of achieving an AIDS-free generation.

True opportunity cannot exist when people are imprisoned by sickness or hunger or darkness.

The United States is committed to turning the tide on HIV/AIDS.

Power Africa will enhance energy resource management capabilities, allowing partner countries to meet their critical energy needs and achieve greater energy security.

We will commit more than $7 billion in financial support over the next five years to this effort.

Power Africa is rooted in partnership.

We are delivering on the President's 2011 commitment to support 6 million people on antiretroviral treatment (ART) by the end of 2013.

Today, we are announcing an additional $10 million to support South Africa's ongoing efforts to expand voluntary medical male circumcision services.

The future of this continent is in your hands.

And yet the menace of the years finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

Some people know that my mother was involved in international development.

The African Union's leadership is important in advancing development and democratic norms across the continent.

With rights come responsibilities and burdens, and it's not always comfortable, and you can't always make everybody happy.

Our thoughts and those of Americans and people all around the world are with Nelson Mandela and his family and all of South Africans.

To a man who has always been a master of his fate, who taught us that we could be the master of ours;

It is wonderful to be back in South Africa.

I want to make sure that your generation is holding your governments accountable.