egyptian president abdul fattah el-sisi is set to chair the african union at its annual summit which begins in ethiopia on sunday and amnesty international fears this could undermine the organization its commitment to human rights the rights group expressed concern over the potential impact cc's chairmanship could have on the independence of regional human rights mechanisms and their future engagement with civil society it goes on to list some of the violations carried out by egyptian authorities and tooting and forced disappearances and mass killings during a wave of demonstrations in twenty thirteen that same year the african union itself temporarily suspended egypt's membership when sisi led the military coup against the democratically elected president mohamed morsi tuffy in hawkeye is a social and political commentator he says president cc's leadership of the a you will prove damaging to democratic ideals on the continent ultimately the choice of having sisi as the leader of the e.u. is a clear indication that although things have changed. although things are supposedly changing

says drugs the knowledge entry is part of a wider press crackdown under president abdel fattah el-sisi. a professor of law at rutgers university she says the u.s. government's partly to blame for the situation. it's in bold and by the trumpet ministration pompei o. was just there in january in egypt and claimed that america was doing good in the middle east and last july of two thousand and eighteen the white house and congress released two hundred ninety five million dollars that had been withheld from military aid to egypt on account of their human rights violations so clearly what's happened is that the u.s. has caved on its commitments to human rights which is consistent with the trumpet ministration and that's emboldened president sisi of egypt to do things that had never been done in the past it's one thing to oppress your own journalists which unfortunately has been the case in egypt over multiple decades but it's very unusual for the egyptian regime to exclude journalists of the stature of david kirkpatrick from an international mainstream newspaper based on no grounds whatsoev

but the opposition is trying to rally support to block the changes president sisi who came to power in a military coup is serving his second and last a spur of the two thousand and fourteen constitution which clearly states that he cannot run for office after his term and in two thousand and twenty two. o'clock in the transfer of power is a moral principle which was created by the revolutions of the twenty fifth of january and the thirtieth of june it's not allowed to tamper with this moral principle or else will be in a position that will cause people to remain with no morals or preservation of the principles. sissy's supporters have also introduced new changes creating the post of vice president reintroducing a second chamber of parliament and giving minorities a bigger say the changes are likely to be approved by the path. element where c.z. supporters have an absolute majority but it's the referendum that will be a test of the president's popularity human rights groups though are concerned about whether they say is a widespread crackdown on dissent and arbitrary mass trials or pres

to human rights which is consistent with the trumpet ministration and that's emboldened president sisi of egypt to do things that had never been done in the past it's one thing to oppress your own journalists which unfortunately has been the case in egypt over multiple decades but it's very unusual for the egyptian regime to exclude journalists of the stature of david kirkpatrick from an international mainstream newspaper based on no grounds whatsoever david kirkpatrick is known for being quite independent particularly insofar as his willingness to critique the egyptian regime and even the sisi regime and he recently published a book called into the hands of the soldiers which was at least viewed by many in the egyptian government to be critical and to identify what happened in two thousand and thirteen as a coup which is and that them how to the current sisi regime so it's actually no coincidence but still even previous journalists were critical even david kirkpatrick when he was in cairo up to two thousand and fifteen he didn't experience expulsion so what we're seeing is a ratchetin

but the opposition is trying to rally support to block the changes president sisi who came to power in a military coup is serving his second and last a spur the two thousand and fourteen constitution which clearly states that he cannot run for office after his term and in two thousand and twenty two. the transfer of power is a moral principle which was created by the revolutions of the twenty fifth of january and the thirtieth of june it's not allowed to tamper with this moral principle or else will be in a position that will cause people to remain with no morals or preservation of the principles. ceases supporters have also introduced new changes creating the post of vice president reintroducing a second chamber of parliament and giving minorities a bigger say the changes are likely to be approved by the path. element where c.z. supporters have an absolute majority but it's the referendum that will be a test of the president's popularity human rights groups though are concerned about whether they say is a widespread crackdown on dissent and arbitrary mass trials or presidencies these

egyptian president of the fatah has sisi is set to chair the african union at its annual summit which begins in ethiopia on sunday rights group amnesty international fears this could undermine the a use commitments to protecting human rights on the continent the organization has expressed concern over the potential impact chairmanship could have on the independence of regional human rights mechanisms and their future in gauge went with civil society and the state goes on to list violations it says were carried out by egyptian. also already is including in force disappearances and mass killings during a wave of demonstrations in twenty thirteen that year the african union suspended egypt's membership after sisi led a military coup against a democratically elected president mohamed morsi tuffy macca as a social and political commentator he says presidency says a you leadership will prove to be damaging to the organization's credibility ultimately the choice of having sisi as the leader of the e.u. is a clear indication that although things have changed. although things are supposedly ch

to human rights which is consistent with the trumpet ministration and that's emboldened president sisi of egypt to do things that had never been done in the past and it's one thing to oppress your own journalists which unfortunately has been the case in egypt over multiple decades but it's very unusual for the egyptian regime to exclude journalists of the stature of david kirkpatrick from an international mainstream newspaper based on no grounds whatsoever so clearly the egyptian regime feels very emboldened to essentially refuse journalists from covering their country at all and you think this is just a targeted approach to the new york times because david was in fact the bureau chief of the newspaper when egypt went through its arab awakening between sort of two thousand and eleven on words. well absolutely david kirkpatrick is known for being quite independent particularly insofar as his willingness to critique the egyptian regime and even the sisi regime when he recently published a book called into the hands of the soldiers which was at least viewed by many in the egyptian governm

allow more human rights to be available to to the people and i think importantly in the fact that sisi virtually rigged an election won it by ninety seven ninety eight percent. tells you a lot about how the a you will most likely respond to any electoral issues when you political issues are all and elections are on the continent and i think this is going to be a very bad year for africa in terms of moving forward. well this year's african union summit is expected to focus largely on refugees and internally displaced persons malcolm webb reports from alice about that in ethiopia. i share a sunni was thirteen years old when she says government forces attacked her village in sudan seven years on things have picked up she plays volleyball every week at this center for refugees in ethiopia's capital addis ababa that's where she fled with her family we have almost three months since separating was only just working on makes. to live in the people die. it one more to two months. and i'm going to. move refugees here from nearly twenty countries the center also provides them with child care and

there's a boost for egyptian president abdel fatah as sisi as a parliamentary committee approves a proposal to extend the presidential term to sixty is. a low i maryam namazie in london you know with al jazeera also coming up on the program venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president pleads with the military to let humanitarian aid in as the calls for president nicolas maduro to step down grows louder. giving peace another try the government of central african republic agree a deal with fourteen on the groups to end years of violence. and a once in a century brain full cause is catastrophic flooding across the australian state of queensland. we begin in egypt where parliament is advancing plans to let abdel fatah sisi stay on as president well beyond the end of his term the move is raising fears that the country is slipping back into authoritarianism he is after the overthrow of hosni mubarak an initial proposal to extend cc's presidency by another six years after twenty twenty two has been approved by a committee of m.p.'s well the proposal will need to pass a final vote in parliament as

but the opposition is trying to rally support to block the changes president sisi who came to power in a military coup is serving his second and last a spur the two thousand and fourteen constitution which clearly states that he cannot run for office after his term and in two thousand and twenty two. o'clock in the transfer of power is a moral principle which was created by the revolutions of the twenty fifth of january and the thirtieth of june it's not allowed to tamper with this moral principle or else will be in a position that will cause people to remain with no morals or preservation of the principles. sissy's supporters have also introduced new changes creating the post of vice president reintroducing a second chamber of parliament and giving the minorities a bigger say the changes are likely to be approved by the parliament where sisi supporters have an absolute majority but it's the referendum that will be a test of the president's popularity human rights groups though are concerned about what they say is a widespread crackdown on the sand and arbitrary mass trials of presiden

media said all detained journalists will be released will stay on the continent egyptian president sisi is set to chair the african union at its annual summit which begins in ethiopia on sunday and amnesty international says this could undermine the a use commitment to human rights organization has expressed concern over the potential impact of cc's chairmanship could have on the independence of regional human rights mechanisms and their future engagement with civil society amnesty goes on to say the least violations it says were carried out by egyptian authorities including in force disappearances and nice killings during a wave of demonstrations and twenty thirteen that year the african union suspended egypt's membership when sisi led the military coup against the democratically elected president mohammed morsi. is a social and political commentator he says presidency sees a leadership will prove to be damaging. ultimately the choice of having sisi as the leader of the you is a clear indication that although things have changed. although things are supposedly changing the fact is we a

the body to expand its powers later he'll pass the baton on to egypt and president abdel fattah el-sisi who will lead the block for the next year the main focus of this year's summit is involuntary migration africa is home to a quarter of the world's refugees and ethiopia has become the continent's second largest posed for displaced people. well some four hundred thousand of them are in the gum bella region w.'s funny for char visited a refugee camp there a warning that some viewers might find the reports disturbing. we are traveling through a beautiful but dangerous region needed so sudanese border in the impoverished lowland of ethiopia lies a bed of conflicts among different ethnic groups. behind me that's all sudan a young independent nation but the fighting over there continues more than two million people flock to neighboring countries like you but this country produces hundreds of thousands of displaced people all the own did you ask nick lashes violence droughts and flooding so what's the perspective for refugees here. if you become africa's second largest refugee hosting countr

has passed the baton on to egypt and president sisi to leave the block for the next year. they're watching the w. news up next after a short break is world stories and we go to israel and look at a program linking young germans with holocaust survivors i mean i haven't seen thanks for watching. it take place. with a little wonderful one story that makes the game so special. for a true friend. was going to. take on more than football.

of the arab league and european union it's being hosted by the egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi in the egyptian seaside resort of sharm el sheikh the goal is to tighten relations between the two organizations but they'll have some tough talks ahead. e.u. leaders will be holding important if challenging meetings in egypt result of sharm el sheikh in the host's chair as president abdullah fattah el-sisi nine people were executed in egypt last week. representing saudi arabia aging king sound man after the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi europe's leaders are reluctant to be seen with the kingdom's real strongman crown prince mohammed bin some also unwelcome so. dans president bashir who's wanted by the international criminal court and who if i only spoke with model democrats my we could be over by tuesday we must talk to everyone and we must be open about it and it was a bit we shouldn't overemphasize human rights but we have to take them into consideration of us of course the e.u. wants more cooperation in fighting terrorism and crucially more help in dealing with migration bu

better now in protecting refugees and internally displaced people despite having at the fattah el-sisi as the chairman. our friends our brings us to the point about what sort of situation a structure can actually do with heads of state who are behaving and it is quite important to have some sort of higher level superstructure i am sure there will be with your dress the early warning systems a science arts displacements and such as extended presidencies or at mr elmore thank you very much for that and i want to thank all of our guests for this very interesting discussion that is i ching in nairobi solution in cape town and michael in london and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com and for further discussion do go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter i handle it at a.j. inside story from elizabeth for on them and the entire team here in doha thank you very much for watching and bye for now. fly planes and experience the world like n

his removing term limits for president adel fatah el-sisi until twenty thirty four changes to have to go through several several stages that is approval before being put to a national referendum sisi is due to stand down in two thousand and twenty two when his second four year term and. still ahead on al-jazeera counting down till saturday's election in nigeria with the presidential contenders on the final leg of campaigning. tomatoes onions and plants almost every sort of vegetable is thirty percent more expensive than turkey than a year ago the government has brought in some measures to bring food inflation down about what it's worth i'm sorry i'm coastal in istanbul. and i bet it's going to be rather wet for some of us in china over the next few days will quite a bit of cloud with us for friday and saturday and so for some of us through challenging through bay and into and queenie there's going to be you know it's a gray and a bit of snow at times as we head through friday and saturday for the sound large amounts of cloud here and hong kong with a temperature of twenty four degrees

ultimately the choice of having sisi as the leader of the e.u. is a clear indication that although things have changed. although things are supposedly changing the fact is we are. being very rich aggressive we're actually going back to be the eighty's ninety's type of situation where. the leaders are very reluctant to allow more human rights to be available to to the people and i think importantly i mean the fact that sisi virtually rigged an election won it by ninety seven ninety eight percent. tells you a lot about how the a you will most likely respond to any electoral issues or any political issues around the elections or on the continent and i think this is going to be a very bad year for africa in terms of moving forward well this has african union summit is expected to focus largely on refugees and internally displaced persons malcolm web reports from out of the in ethiopia. i share a sunni was thirteen years old when she says government forces attacked have diligence you don. seven years on things have picked up she plays volleyball every

more human rights to be available to to the people and i think importantly i mean the fact that sisi. rigged an election won it by ninety seven ninety eight percent. tells you a lot about how a you will most likely respond to any electoral issues or any political issues around elections or on the continent and i think this is going to be a very bad year for africa in terms of moving forward and leaders from across africa are meeting in ethiopia's capital for their annual summit so this year's theme in addison as refugees and internally displaced people the african union leaders will also focus on the unrest in sudan and elections in nigeria and senegal well we want us president paul kagame a has been chairman of the african union for the past year malcolm what looks at what the organizations like under his tenure. at home in rwanda president who could counties governments credited with development success it's also accused of torturing critics and killing opponents i like ations it denies that the african union the united where he's been chair for the last year he's seen as effective

egypt's parliament is advancing plans to let abdel fattah el-sisi stay on as president well beyond the end of his term the move is raising fears that the country is slipping back into authoritarianism eight years after the overthrow of hosni mubarak and initial proposal to end cc's presidency by another six years after twenty twenty two has been approved by a committee of m.p.'s the proposal will need to pass a final vote in parliament as well as a national referendum before it becomes a constitutional amendment sisi led the military overthrow of a muslim brotherhood government in twenty thirteen he sense presided over an unprecedented crackdown on dissent and israel was reelected last year after all potential challengers were jailed or pressured to leave the race something called us is a known as it fellow at the taria institute for middle east policy he says that international criticism surrounding the move will largely be subdued. you know it's one that we've expected points of time but it's it's one formal step that we presidents you see in power until twenty thirty forty oppositio

independent particularly in so far as his willingness to critique the egyptian regime and even the sisi regime and he recently published a book called into the hands of the soldiers which was at least viewed by many in the egyptian government to be critical and to identify what happened in two thousand and thirteen as a coup which is and that them how to the current sisi regime so it's actually no coincidence but still even previous journalists were critical even david kirkpatrick when he was in cairo up to two thousand and fifteen he didn't experience expulsion so what we're seeing is a ratcheting up of press repression that is both within the country of twenty five journalists in egypt at least twenty five that are imprisoned in egypt trading as one hundred sixty one out of one hundred eighty at the world press freedom index so egypt is not even in a good situation with regards to its press freedom of venezuela's minutes he has reaffirmed this loyalty to president nicolas maduro despite calls from opposition leader one wideout and the u.s. president to switch allegiance defense. minis

egypt's parliament is advancing plans to let abdel fattah el-sisi stay on as president well beyond the end of his term an initial proposal to extend cc's presidency by another six years after twenty twenty two has been approved by a committee of m.p.'s it will need to pass a final vote in parliament as well as a national referendum before it becomes a constitutional amendment. so the nice president omar al bashir has hosted a ceremony marking the end of peace talks between rival factions from essential african republic a deal between the government and fourteen armed groups was reached on sunday in khartoum after two weeks of un like negotiations a formal agreement will be signed in bungay on wednesday. those are the headlines stay with us earthrise coming next. as venezuela is on the brink. with two men facing off for power. one of them self-proclaimed interim venezuelan leader one why don't. talks to al jazeera. the conditions for existence on a sustained by complex web of climatic processes. i mean the rains predictable seasons and consistent temperatures all allowed life to flouris

overwhelmingly approved constitutional changes removing term limits for president the fact that his sisi until twenty thirty four of the changes still have to go through several stages of approval before it gets put to a national referendum sisi was due to stand down in twenty twenty two when his second four year term ends. now the u.s. house of representatives has voted to pass a resolution to end american military involvement in the war in yemen it is a rebuke of the trumpet ministrations support for the saudi u.a.e. coalition there the measure will now go before the senate and faces a veto from the u.s. president or let's find out what people are talking about in sport today is far hasn't thank you so much on video refereeing proved to be a broad success at the world cup in russia last year but the decision has yet to be made on its use at the women's world cup in june but ahead of the tournament in france female referees themselves are making major strides funding un reports from doha. this could be the start of a new era in football an all male tournaments officiated entirely by wom

president abdel fattah el-sisi of egypt has taken over as chair in his opening speech he referred to many ideals for a few specific goals when buckley at all what. we're still doing our best to cement the pillars of peace security and stability to achieve economic cooperation and continental integration among our states and peoples all in an endeavor towards building the human spirit of africa egypt is africa's third largest economy traditionally when africa's more powerful countries take over the chair of the african union are less interested in it being powerful because they've got more influence themselves so in the year ahead it's expected that the african union will focus less on reforms and more on security. israel's prime minister says he intends to implement a controversial new law within a week which is known as pay fists play here's how it'll work the palestinian government currently provides compensation to the families of people convicted by israel of committing attacks under the new law israel would deduct an amount equal to that compensation from taxes that it collects

since coming to office following the 2013 coup, el-sisi has imprisoned thousands of his critics. last year, the former military general won a widely criticized election whehere he receceived % of the vote after all of his main opponents were jailed or forced to drop out. soon after last year's vot,e president trump called el-sisi to congratulate him on his reelection. the department of health and human services has launched a probe of the indian health service over its mishandling of a doctor accused of pedophilia. the doctor, stanley patrick weber, was the focus of a recent investigation by "pbs frontline" and "the wall street journal." in 1995, indian health service officials concluded weber was molesting children but the agency allowed him to keep working for another 21 years continually transferring him , from reservation to reservation. he was eventually convicted in 2018 and was sentenced to 18 years in prison. in news from washington, d.c. ryan zinke has joined the , lobbying firm turnberry solutions just weeks after stepping down as interior secretary. he becomes the firs

justice sisi khampepe from south africa's truth and reconciliation commission.emale edition of witness history this month, to celebrate international women's day. we will be back next month with more first—hand accounts of extraordinary moments in history. but for now, from me and the rest of the witness history team, goodbye. hello, it looks like next weekend, our weather will be cooler and unsettled. until then, it is pretty much as you were. the mornings may start like this, just as they did this morning, but for many of us as we come out of that and see some blue sky and temperatures well above normal for this time of year. satellite pictures from earlier show we did see some cloud in northern ireland and western scotland. this produced some patchy rain earlier. that has edged further east, but any rain or through this zone will die away into tonight, but we are left with an area of cloud, low cloud, mist and fog, with fog patches elsewhere. poor visibility more widespread than recent nights, fog could be dense in places. northern scotland and south—east eng

violently thrust upon it jumps out all plus al-jazeera scorpio egyptian president of the fatah has sisi said to chair the african union at its annual summit which begins in ethiopia on sunday rights group amnesty international sears this could undermine the commitment to protecting human rights on the continent they are going to zation has expressed concern over the potential impact chairmanship could have on the independence of regional human rights mechanisms and their future and gauge went with civil society amnesty goes on to list its violations it says were carried out by egyptian authorities including in force disappearances and mass killings during a wave of demonstrations and twenty thirteen that year the african union suspended egypt's membership after sisi led a military coup against the democratically elected president mohamed morsi. is a social and political commentator he says presidency says in a you leadership well proved to be damaging to the organizations credibility. ultimately the choice of having sisi as the leader of the you is a clear indication that although thing

the fact that the host egypt's president after fatah sisi himself is facing growing criticism over his country's crushing human rights record highlights the fact that europe is currently at least as focused on securing stability as criticizing potential partners in conflicts like syria yemen or libya. arab leaders have made clear their views on the most pressing issues that includes first and foremost the palestinian question how to tackle terrorism and the absolute necessity in finding political solutions to regional crises. as the arab league openly discusses the return of the syria and of bashar al assad into its circle of leaders with no questions asked german chancellor angela merkel called on arab leaders to initiate political change in syria referring to germany's commitments to a region with few democracies she had this to say. when committing to multilateralism then you have to apply it even when things get difficult and what political systems are very different. in the end that by lateral meetings on the sidelines made more headlines than what was billed as a historic first e

the egyptian president of the fatah has sisi will chair the african union at its annual summit which is underway right now in ethiopia rights group amnesty international fears this could undermine the a use commitment to protecting human rights on the consonance there are going to zation has expressed concern over the potential impact his chairmanship could have on the independence of regional human rights mechanisms and their future engagement with civil society misty goes on to list violations it says were carried out by egyptian authorities including in force disappearances and mass killings during the wave of demonstrations and twenty thirteen that year the african union suspended egypt's membership after sisi led a military coup against the democratically elected president mohamed morsi. is a social and political commentator he says presidency says a youth leadership will prove to be damaging to the organization's credibility. ultimately the choice of having c.c. as the leader of the you is a clear indication that. things have changed. things are supposedly changing the fact is

of demonstrations in twenty thirteen that year the african union suspended egypt's membership when sisi led the military coup against the democratically elected president mohammed morsi tough america is a social and political commentator he says president c. sees a u. leadership will prove to be damaging. ultimately the choice of having c.c. as the leader of the e.u. is a clear indication that although things have changed. or things are supposedly changing the fact is we are. being very retrogressive we're actually going back to probably the eighty's ninety's type of situation where the leaders are very reluctant to allow more human rights to be available to to the people and i think importantly in the fact that sisi virtually rigged an election won it by ninety seven ninety eight percent. tells you a lot about how the a you will most likely respond to any electoral issues or any political issues around elections or on the continent and i think this is going to be a very bad year for africa in terms of moving forward on monday iran will mark forty years since the islamic revolution in t

it is now almost exactly eight years since hosni mubarak was overthrown and sisi is starting to look just to secure in his position as egypt's longtime ruler also on the great venezuela a political and humanitarian crisis.

allies of egypt's president and defer to his sisi are calling for constitutional changes that what are loud him to stay in power once his second term ends in twenty twenty two current laws limit presidents to two four year terms politicians are hoping the proposed changes would allow sisi to run two more times after his second term expires they also want to create a second chamber of parliament and appoint one or more deputy presidents. artists here in doha are drawing inspiration from russian god are exploring possibilities of futuristic designs inspired by science and technology it is part of a cultural exchange program between qatar and russia mohammad went to take a look. provocative chromatic colors and abstract shapes experimental arts in the form of architecture technology and science all on show here in a former fire station now an article in the country capital eighty one masterpieces from some of the most influential figures in russian art history the director of the exhibition says it's one of many aiming to inspire young artists qatar isn't a moment in time where it is look

and to europe and that is something where not only donald tusk but also the egyptian president al sisi agreed on the to the if you want hosts of this conference they have to address these issues they're also the more thorny issues the prickly issues really of oil and these are the concrete things that both sides want from each other each of would like to see a turkey style deal where the solvency of stopping my micron's on their coastline is rewarded if you want with financial aid in billions coming from the european union nothing like that on the horizon as yet and on the other hand it's the european union that would like to set up refugee centers so-called disembarkation platforms on the arab coast where they could send back refugees that is something that is not on the table at all for egypt but also none of the other arab states so if you have to give the mood there i mean both we have both the european and the arab leaders vowing to be cooperation is that just talk or can we really expect anything concrete coming out here i say there's no denying that this is a largely symbolic su

final day of the african union summit in ethiopia's capital in egypt's president of the fatah has sisi has taken over as chairman of the group from rwanda's president paul kagame may it marks the end of code gamez reformist tenure at the helm of the organization this year is focused as refugees and internally displaced people those are the latest headlines on al-jazeera inside story is up next so stay with us. african leaders are in ethiopia for the annual african union summit this is seen as refugees and displaced people for the continent faces challenges including conflict and poverty so will the aid you find and cannot reform itself this is inside story. welcome to the program. the african union was created to harness a sense of unity and to tackle common problems but it's face criticism that it doesn't do enough to protect its citizens from conflict and corruption the age has declared twenty nine t. in the year of refugees return these and internally displaced persons with the goal of finding what it calls durable solutions to the vast problem so with that in mind leaders from fift

hears and virtually meaning that there will be some kind of special accommodation made for president sisi so that he remains president until twenty thirty four ironically enough in twenty thirty four if he will be eighty years old very similar to the age that mubarak was when he was removed from office the eighth anniversary which is just next week and so are having this display of a show of extreme executive power coming upon this moment where ears ago egyptians were actually celebrating change and so we're seeing today is not only has egypt regressed to pre-revolutionary moments but it's actually consolidating through this constitutional amendment if it indeed goes to a referendum and votes and i voted in in the summer that we are way worse than we were under mubarak. weather next but still ahead on al jazeera with temperatures plunging in iraq and there are calls to protect children living in displacement camps. and standing united leaders from africa so how a region call for more help from the u.n. in their struggle against on screen. hello welcome to another look at the international

donald tusk sisi urged governments to unite behind the goal of defeating terrorism he does attending the two day meeting and sake also discussed ways to tackle the migration crisis impacting several european countries . should i wonder out loud in all honesty with our brothers and friends i was the target not come to reach an overall plan on fighting terrorism it should include a strict security offensive to counter the terrorist organizations and other elements of terrorism and they should also be an ideological offensive effective against the ideological platforms and another important element is to prevent funding and other support given to them but finally. i want to acknowledge and look at all those here who have shouldered the burden of population displacement helped refugees and acted. people smartly we must work together countries of origin transit system nations in order to break the business mogul of smugglers and traffickers who lou people into dangerous journalists and to feed more than day slavery to address the root causes of migration and displacement. to stop irregula

more human rights to be available to to the people and i think importantly i mean the fact that sisi virtually rigged an election won it by ninety seven ninety eight percent. tells you a lot about how the a you will most likely respond to any electoral issues or any political issues around elections or on the continent and i think this is going to be a very bad year for africa in terms of moving forward thank you very much for sharing your visa with us tuffy mockup political commentator joining us there from johnny spann thank you for your time thank you well this has african union summit will largely focus on refugees and internally displaced people markham why pray for somebody from about. i share a sunni was thirteen years old when she says government forces attacked have diligence you don. seven years on things have picked up she plays volleyball every week at the center for refugees in ethiopia's capital addis ababa that's where she fled with her family we have almost three months since separating was only just only. didn't. even know to to my aunt. and uncle all. the refugees h

declared interim president on white or egypt parliament is advancing plans to let abdul fattah el-sisi stay on as president well beyond the end of his term in twenty twenty two moves raising fears of increasing authoritarianism eighty years after the overthrow of hosni mubarak rival factions from central african republic of signed an initial deal to end six years of fighting and agreement between the government and fourteen rebel groups was reached on sunday after two weeks of un led negotiations a more detailed agreement is due to be signed in the cia os capital will be late on wednesday five countries from africa's a hell region have asked the united nations for help in the fight against armed groups and those are the headlines will have more news on syria after this week's edition of the listening post next. in recent years the sawhill of north africa has witnessed the so-called war on terror. but is this official narrative. masking a larger a battle. a battle for the earth's natural resources. shadow war in the sahara on how much is. tremendous when opposition leader one guy go dec

that the egyptian president abdul fattah el-sisi is to chair the african union now from today at its annual summit which is taking place in ethiopia at last for a year and i am the sea international fears that this could undermine the etudes commitment to protecting human rights on the continent that the organization has expressed concern over the potential impact of his chairmanship what it could have on the independence of regional human rights mechanisms and their future engagement with civil society amnesty goes on to list of violations that it says were carried out by egyptian authorities themselves including in force disappearances mass killings during a wave of demonstrations in twenty thirteen and that of course was the year that the african union suspended egypt after sisi led the military coup against the democratically elected president mohammed morsi. well leaders from a u. members and other world leaders they're all meeting as i say in the capital at this other than our correspondent malcolm webb is there as well american says the african union is really editing. editing

final day of the african union summit in ethiopia has capital egypt's president had that fatah has sisi has taken over as chairman of the group from rwanda's president paul kagame may this marks the end of his reformist tenure at the helm of the organization this year its focus as refugees and internally displaced people often webb is joining us from at this hour about to tell us what more heads of state has been have been saying at that summit malcolm. well in sunday's closed session they talked entirely about peace and security in the peace and security council then today reports on all member states to african heads of state who would gather included sections that were critical of the actions of the governments of the room the camorra in their respective political crises both of those countries requested those sections to be removed from the report but they failed to get that done but ultimately it is just a report so there's no action expected to come out of it now in the coming hours heads of state to due to arrive in on today's agenda climate change migration also president mohame

of rwanda the outgoing african union chair and also the incoming african union chair president el-sisi of egypt both as well interestingly the second vice chair of the african union is felix just to carry the new president of the democratic republic of congo he spoke as well and this is of some significance he was announced the winner of a disputed election in congo he was announced the winner just a few weeks ago last month in january those results will widely disputed initially the african union cast doubt on the credibility of that election the congo refused to budge he didn't agree to a recount and now felix just because he's here has spoken to the opening session of african leaders that's widely going to be seen as an endorsement by many people as a failure of the african union to address the questions over congress december election. in bangkok where the countdown is on to the first election since two thousand and fourteen we look at whether the new government will be able to resist a military crackdown on free speech. over the next couple of sweeping across iraq into iran over t

quite independent particularly insofar as his willingness to critique the egyptian regime and even the sisi regime and he recently published a book called into the hands of the soldiers which was at least viewed by many in the egyptian government to be critical and to identify what happened in two thousand and thirteen as a coup which is and that them how to the current sisi regime so it's actually no coincidence but still even previous journalists were critical even david kirkpatrick when he was in cairo up to two thousand and fifteen he didn't experience expulsion so what we're seeing is a ratcheting up of press repression that is both within the country of twenty five journalists in egypt at least twenty five that are imprisoned and egypt trading is one hundred sixty one out of one hundred eighty at the world press freedom index so egypt is not even in a good situation regrets to its press freedom. journalist mahmoud is saying has been in the chips and prison for more than two years he's been held without charge trial or conviction hussein was detained on december the twentieth twenty si

more human rights to be available to to the people and i think importantly i mean the fact that sisi virtually rigged an election won it by ninety seven ninety eight percent. tells you a lot about how you will most likely respond to any electoral issues or any political issues around elections or on the continent and i think this is going to be a very bad year for africa in terms of moving forward. meanwhile the suspected refugees and internally displaced people. in ethiopia. i sure are sunni was thirteen years old when she says government forces attacked her village in sudan seven years on things have picked up she plays volleyball every week at the center for refugees in ethiopia's capital addis ababa that's where she fled with her family. three months since. it went north to two months. and i'm going all. the refugees here from nearly twenty countries the center also provides them with child care and language classes. the people here are among more than twenty million in africa who fled oppression and conflicts but they are luckier than most they've made it through the city they c