Kofi Anan: We must stop excusing Tyranical African Leaders

Kofi Anan delivering the fifth Nelson Mandela lecture stated:

Africans must guard against a pernicious, self-destructive form of racism - that unites citizens to rise up and expel tyrannical rulers who are white, but to excuse tyrannical rulers who are black...Leaders must ensure that the rules are respected, that they protect the rights and property of individual citizens. Leaders must also hold themselves to the same rules, the same restraints, never above them,