Abdel Fattah Khalil el Sisi

Development in the Sahel will be a major theme of the G7 summit in Biarritz on 24-26 August to which Macron has invited Burkina's President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré as current chair of the G5 and other African presidents: Senegal's Macky Sall Rwanda's Paul Kagame South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa the current African Union chair Abdel Fattah el Sisi and the AU commission chief Moussa Faki Mahamat...

President Abdel Fattah el Sisi has repeatedly promised to deal with Islamic State's affiliate in the Sinai peninsula Wilayat Sina (WS-Sinai province) but without any decisive blows...

Burhan with professional ties dating back to his time at Cairo's military academy is particularly close to Egypt's Abdul Fattah el Sisi...

Their aim is to set up an authoritarian regime with a civilian patina modelled on President Abdel Fattah el Sisi's in Egypt...

After the African Union's Peace & Security Commission gave the junta just 15 days to hand over executive power to civilians Egypt's President Abdul Fattah el Sisi convened another meeting of African leaders in clear contravention of AU statutes which extended the handover deadline to three months...

Some saw President Abdel Fattah el Sisi's 89% 'yes' vote in the referendum on extending his presidential term to six years from four and allowing him to stand for a further term in 2024 as evidence that Egypt is unlikely to follow the insurgent path of Algeria and Sudan...

' Faki Mahamat made the statement despite direct pressure from Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el Sisi to back off...

Haftar met President Abdel Fattah el Sisi on 14 April...

Egypt's Abdel Fattah el Sisi who is also seeking to change the limits to his own term was hailed as 'a brother and a friend' during a state visit to Guinea in early April...

It has been a week of two halves for Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el Sisi...