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Former President Barack Obama delivers the 16th annual Nelson Mandela Lecture in Johannesburg Tuesday during that nation’s celebration of the 100th birthday of the late anti-apartheid leader and former South Africa president.

Former President Barack Obama delivers the 16th annual Nelson Mandela Lecture in Johannesburg Tuesday during that nation’s celebration of the 100th birthday of the late anti-apartheid leader and former South Africa president.

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President Obama says world should resist cynicism over rise of power politics

In his highest profile speech since leaving office, former President Obama on Tuesday denounced the policies of President Trump without mentioning his name, taking aim at the “politics of fear, resentment, retrenchment,” and decrying leaders who are caught lying and “just double down and lie some more.”