 Upon his election in 2010, Conde claimed he would strengthen Guinea as a democracy and fight corruption in his country, but he and his son have since been implicated in a number of corruption scandals mostly related to the mining industry, and suspected of election rigging.On 30 January 2017, Condé succeeded Chad's Idriss Déby as head of the African Union.He was later succeeded by Rwandan President Paul Kagame on 28 January 2018.