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Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was elected President of the African Union at the summit of the continental body in Ethiopia.
Rights group Amnesty International warned that the presidency of el-Sisi could undermine the human rights mechanisms of the African Union. The human rights group has stated that Egypt since 2015 has orchestrated a sustained political attack on the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, which aims to monitor the antecedents of African states in terms of human rights. human rights.
"Dozens of cases alleging gross human rights violations have been filed against Egypt at the ACHPR," he said.
El-Sisi's election ended Rwandan President Paul Kagame's one-year term. Presidents of the African Union have set agenda items to be dealt with during their one year term.
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