Egypt: President Al-Sisi's One Year as Head of the African Union

7 February 2020

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ends his one-year term as chairman of the African Union amid praises for reforming the body. But a rights group tells DW Egypt used the position to undermine human rights efforts.

When he assumed the one-year rotating chair of the African Union in February 2019, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was already a controversial figure.

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