Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi attended a ceremony celebrating the country's 2019 chairmanship of African Union in Aswan on Saturday. The event took place on the sidelines of the Arab and African Youth Platform, which is running from 16 to 18 March. The platform is being held as part of the recommendations of last year's World Youth Forum. The platform will focus on a number of issues of interest to Arab and African youth, in light of Egypt's chairmanship of the African Union. It will include sessions, workshops, and roundtables with youth leaders and decision makers in an open dialogue. Aswan was announced by El-Sisi at the World Youth Forum as the “capital for African youth” in 2019.