President Obama has drawn roars of approval from an audience at the African Union when he mocked the continent’s leaders who refuse to stand down, telling them “your countries need new blood”.
The 53-year-old US president, who is 18 months from the end of his time in office, said he felt he was “a pretty good president”, quipping: “I think if I ran, I could win [a third term]. But I can’t. The law is the law and no one person is the law.”
“I don’t understand why people wanna stay so long – especially when they’ve got a lot of money,” he said, going off script and drawing cheers in the audience on a continent with a history of “Big Men” long-accused of siphoning off state funds.
“I’ll be honest with you: I’m looking forward to life after being president,” he said, anticipating more time with his family and dropping the “big security detail” once his second and final term ends in about 18 months.
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