A fortnight before Obama’s Cairo speech, a delegation of the United Nations Security Council visited four African countries to express concern about the resurgence of unconstitutional change on the continent. Africa does indeed present a gloomy picture, with countries virtually crumbling to dust as a result of autocracy and stagnation.
就在奥巴马发表开罗讲话前两个星期，一个联合国安理会代表团访问非洲四国，表达了对非洲大陆违宪行为沉渣泛起的担忧。非洲的确呈现出一幅毫无希望的画面，这块大陆上的许多国家由于专制政治和经济停滞而濒于垮台。