Egypt hosts African Union summit on development and sovereignty

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi opened the eighth African Union Mid-Year Coordination Meeting in New Alamein on Sunday. El Sisi emphasized Africa's capacity to transform conflicts into development opportunities and reiterated Egypt's opposition to external interference in African affairs, stressing sovereignty and territorial integrity as fundamental principles for continental stability.

Africa was capable of turning the effects of conflicts into opportunities for development and its challenges into engines of growth