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Al Sisi wins third term in office with landslide victory

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Egypt’s incumbent President Fattah al Sisi was declared Monday December 18 winner of “2024 presidential elections” with more than 89 per cent of votes, extending therefore his grip on power until 2030. Head of Egypt’s National Elections Authority (NEA), Hazem Badawy, at a press conference said al Sisi garnered 89.6 of total votes. Al Sisi […]
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Egypt’s al-Sisi in Paris amid human rights deterioration

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Rights groups have alerted French President Emmanuel Macron over hosting Egyptian President Fattah al-Sisi who has rolled back human rights in the North African country since he seized power in 2013. President al-Sisi is paying as of this Tuesday (October 24) a two-day visit to France, with discussions to touch on bilateral cooperation, including arms […]
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Egypt: Gunmen Kill Two Soldiers, Informant at Checkpoint

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Gunmen Sunday killed an informant and two soldiers in the province of Menoufia, north of capital Cairo, in an attack at a security check-point, reports say. Security authorities are combing the area -80 km north of the capital, in search of the attackers, who managed to flee, Reuters reports. Egyptian security forces have been facing […]
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Egypt: Gunmen Kill Two Soldiers, Informant at Checkpoint

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Gunmen Sunday killed an informant and two soldiers in the province of Menoufia, north of capital Cairo, in an attack at a security check-point, reports say. Security authorities are combing the area -80 km north of the capital, in search of the attackers, who managed to flee, Reuters reports. Egyptian security forces have been facing […]
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Egypt: Militant Attacks Kill Christian Priest & Two Security Personnel

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IS-affiliate Islamists killed a Christian priest and two security personnel in turbulent North Sinai in separate attacks on Thursday, authorities said. The Coptic priest named Raphael Moussa, 46, was reportedly gunned down by a militant who shot him in the head as he was standing next to his car in al-Arish, the capital of North […]
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Egypt-UK: Sisi invited to visit UK, Human Rights Groups’ dismayed

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Human rights groups on Thursday voiced their concerns over Prime Minister Cameroon’s invite to President Fattah al-Sisi whom they consider as “butcher of human right” following the mass and unlawful trials of Muslim Brotherhoods members this week among whom former democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi who has been handed death sentence by a Cairo court. […]