ያሜሪካኑ ፕሬዝዳንት ባራክ ኦባማ ባፍሪካ ኣዳራሽ ካደረጉት ንግ ግ ር ውስጥ የሚከተለው ይገኝበታል
“የኣፍሪካ መሪዎች ኣሁን ካለው በላይ ለሚሊዮን ወጣቶች ስራ የመፍጠር ሃላፊነት ኣለባቸው በሰሜን ኣፍሪካ የተፈጠረው ህዝባዊ ተቃውሞ መነሻው ይህ ነው ሲሉ ለመሪዎቹ ኣሳስበዋል… ኣባካኝነትና ጉቦኝነት ያፍሪካ ትልቅ ችግር ነው እነዚህን ሳናስወግድ ስለ እድገት ማሰብ ከቶ ኣይቻልም ካሉ በሗላ ያፍሪካ መሪዎች በህጉ ላይ ከተፈቀደላቸው በላይ ስልጣን ላይ ለመየቆየት የሚያደርጉትን ህጋዊ ኣካሄድ ማስቆም ኣለባቸው ኣንድ መሪ ከበቂ በላይ ገንዘብ ይዞ ለተጨማሪ የስልጣን ጊዜ ለመቆየት ለምን እንደሚፈልግ ለኔ ኣይገባኝም” ሲሉ ተስባሲቢውን ኣስቀውታል ...
Barack Obama told African nations on Tuesday they needed to respect
democratic rules and create jobs to avoid a slide into disorder.
Obama's toured Ethiopia, father's homeland Kenya
* U.S. wants to build ties with fast growing continent
* Security, trade topped agenda for Africa visit (Recasts with speech by
Obama at the African Union)
In the first speech by a serving U.S. president to the 54-nation African
Union, he said violence unleashed in Burundi by the president's bid for a third
term in office showed the risks of ignoring constitutional rules.
"Africa is on the move, and a new Africa is emerging," he said at
the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, adding the continent's rapid economic
growth was changing "old stereotypes" of a continent of war and
poverty.
But he said there was an "urgent task" facing a continent whose 1
billion people will double in a few decades.
"Africa will need to generate millions more jobs than it is doing
now," he said. "We need only look to the Middle East and North Africa
to see that large numbers of young people with no jobs and stifled voices can
fuel instability and disorder."
"Africa's progress will also depend on democracy," he said, adding
that jailing journalists or restricting legitimate opposition groups led to
"democracy in name, but not in substance".
Obama said leaders should stick to the rules and the African Union should
put pressure on leaders to stick to limits.
"I don't understand why people want to stay so long, especially when
they have got a lot money," Obama said, drawing laughter from an audience
on a continent often known for politics of "Big Men" accused of
siphoning off state funds.
Noting that he was in his second term and could not serve again, even though
he thought he could win a vote, Obama said: "I'm looking forward to life
after being president."
Obama's speech wound up a tour of Kenya, his father's homeland, and
Ethiopia, a once famine-stricken nation which is on course to deliver 10
percent growth this year.
Throughout his trip, he has spoken of security cooperation with states
battling Islamist militants in Somalia, democratic development and trade with a
continent, which since 2009 has done more trade with China than America.
In an apparent swipe at China, without mentioning any country, he said the
United States offered a partnership that "can't simply be about building
countries' infrastructure with foreign labour or extracting Africa's natural
resources".
China has built huge amounts of infrastructure across Africa, including a
new metro snaking across Addis Ababa.
But Africans have increasingly accused Chinese firms of using expatriate
labour and sucking out commodities without adding value. China insists it is
also a partner in development.
While in Ethiopia, Obama held talks with regional African leaders on the
conflict in South Sudan. The U.S. president called for tougher measures against
the world's newest nation if its warring factions failed to reach a peace deal
by Aug. 17.
He repeated that threat in his speech, while also calling on leaders of the
Central African Republic, another nation struggling with conflict, to respect
elections later this year.
Source (
Reuters)
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