Crime ignored in conflict, unhappy at old African leader (5,5)

I believe the answer is:

anwar sadat

'old african leader' is the definition.
(former Egyptian president)

'crime ignored in conflict unhappy' is the wordplay.
'ignored in' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'conflict' becomes 'crimeanwar' (s8t0s conflict).
'unhappy' becomes 'sadat' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'crimeanwar' with 'crime' taken out is 'anwar'.
'anwar'+'sadat'='ANWAR SADAT'

'at' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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