Obama heads to Tanzania on last leg of African tour [View all]

US President Barack Obama delivers a speech at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Obama warned that Africa could only fulfill its rising potential with leaders who serve their people, not tyrants who enrich themselves.

Later, in a speech at Cape Town University, Obama decried "thugs and warlords" who hold back the promise in Africa.

In a strident call for democratic change and good governance, Obama used the political legacy of Mandela and South Africa's emergence from grim years of racist apartheid rule as proof that freedom will ultimately prevail.

"History shows us that progress is only possible where governments exist to serve their people and not the other way around," said Obama, drawing loud and prolonged cheers from his audience of more than 1,000 people.

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