Africa Quote by Ama Ata Aidoo

African leaders work really under severe limitations and constraints.

— Mo Ibrahim

Ethiopia did not have the same problem [of corruption]. African leaders looked at us with envy.

— Mengistu Haile Mariam

Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.

— Kofi Annan

“African leaders should not turn the continent into a giant collector of donations and loans from wealthy nations—they must find other plausible means to…

— Duop Chak Wuol

It is my view that it is a big embarrassment for Africa . It is hypocritical for African leaders to talk about democracy and…

— Raila Odinga

There are African leaders who have the dangerous habit of leading their people into an abyss. In Rwanda we've had presidents who killed. The…

— Paul Kagame

Gone are the days when African leaders used to misrule their people and the rest of Africa was quiet under the guise of what…

— Raila Odinga

The denial with which many African leaders and communities greeted the appearance of HIV and AIDS across the continent in the 1990s is now…

— Uzodinma Iweala

Unfortunately, some of the African leaders employ various nefarious means to remain in office far beyond what their constitutions permit.

— Jimmy Carter

My advice to African leaders is to make sure that if, in fact, China is putting in roads and bridges, number one, that they…

— Barack Obama

We know that the African regimes, many African regimes have failed their people and many Africans want regime change, and there are a lot…

— George W. Bush

Some African leaders actually dare to suggest that democracy is a concept alien to traditional African society. This is one of the most impudent…

— Wole Soyinka