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This file photo taken on 24 October 2017 shows Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi looking on during a press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Sisi announced on January 19, 2018, that he will be a candidate in the presidential election due to take place in March. Picture: AFP.

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Sisi sworn in for second Egyptian presidential term amid crackdown on critics

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Egyptian air force fighter planes drew the Egyptian flag across the sky in red, white and black smoke, while helicopters buzzed over the former military chief's...

  • FILE: Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri gives a speech during the opening ceremony of the second "Kuwait Financial Forum" in Kuwait City on 31 October 2010. Picture: AFP

    Lebanon's Hariri to visit Egypt on Tuesday - Hariri's office

    Hariri has since Saturday been in Paris, where he met French President Emmanuel Macron, and has said he will return to Lebanon by Wednesday.

    1250 days ago
  • FILE: Armoured personnel carriers (APC) of the Egyptian Army patrol on a road close to El Gorah in northeastern Sinai. Picture: EPA.

    At least 30 police die in clash in Egypt's Western desert - security sources

    A number of suspected militants were also killed and security forces are combing the area, a statement by the Interior Ministry said.

    1280 days ago
  • Egyptian protestors take cover from tear gas fired by riot police as they demonstrate in Cairo. Picture: AFP.

    Egyptian court jails 152 people over islands protest

    More than 200 people are being tried in connection with the protests, judicial sources have said.

    1803 days ago
  • Egyptian protesters demonstrate in Cairo on 25 April, 2016, against the handing over of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. Picture: AFP.

    Egypt puts on trial 237 activists for protests against Sisi

    Security forces had arrested at least 382 people, Human Rights Watch said in a report this week.

    1818 days ago
  • FILE: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi swore in a new government on 19 September 2015. Picture: AFP

    Egypt's Sisi swears in new cabinet

    Sherif Ismail, oil minister in the previous government, was tasked with forming a new cabinet.

    2043 days ago
  • FILE: Sisi has asked the previous government to carry on in a caretaker role until a new administration is formed. Picture: AFP.

    Egypt's president in rush to form new cabinet after govt resigns

    Sisi has asked the previous government to carry on in a caretaker role until a new administration is formed.

    2049 days ago
  • A handout picture released by the Egyptian Presidency on 4 July, 2015, shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) shaking hands with a member of the security forces during a visit to the Sinai Peninsula following a wave of deadly attacks on armed forces by the Islamic State jihadists. Picture: AFP.

    Egyptian army kills 25 militants in North Sinai

    Sources said troops killed the 25 militants in villages between the towns of Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah.

    2118 days ago
  • FILE: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Picture: AFP.

    SA Muslim lawyers' body wants Egyptian president arrested

    The MLA says Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is responsible for alleged war crimes & crimes against humanity.

    2144 days ago
  • FILE: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi reviewing the honour guard during the handing over of power ceremony in Cairo on 8 June 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Criticism grows for Egyptian president

    Critics accused al-Sisi of allowing human rights abuses to flourish and doing little to boost jobs.

    2146 days ago
  • FILE: A handout picture shows Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L) bidding farewell to Saudi Arabia's Deputy Prime Minister Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz al-Saud. Picture: AFP.

    Egypt widens scope of security crackdown

    The move is likely to increase concern amongst human rights groups.

    2250 days ago
  • Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste. Picture: Facebook.

    Al Jazeera journalist Greste is 'relieved' to be free

    Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste was released on Sunday after 400 days in a Cairo jail.

    2271 days ago
  • A handout picture shows Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L) bidding farewell to Saudi Arabia's Deputy Prime Minister Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz al-Saud. Picture: AFP.

    Egypt's Sisi cuts short Ethiopia visit after 32 killed in Sinai

    Sisi left Addis Ababa after meeting with the Ethiopian premier following the AU summit's opening session.

    2273 days ago
  • Qatari-funded television station logo, Al Jazeera. Picture: Facebook.

    Egyptian president pressed to deport Al Jazeera journalist

    Peter Greste’s family are calling on the Egyptian President to send him home.

    2302 days ago
  • FILE: An Egyptian policeman tries to extinguish a police vehicle set on fire by Muslim Brotherhood supporters on a ring road in the capital, Cairo. Picture: AFP.

    Egyptian court sentences 185 to death

    The sentence comes after an attack on a police station in which 12 policemen were killed

    2333 days ago
  • Al Jazeera staff (L-R) Baher Mohamed, Peter Greste and Mohamed Fahmy were sentenced to seven years in an Egyptian Court on 23 June 2014.

    'AJ journos should have been deported'

    The Egyptian President said Al Jazeera journalists should not have been put on trial.

    2482 days ago
  • Al Jazeera staff (L-R) Baher Mohamed, Peter Greste and Mohamed Fahmy were sentenced to seven years in an Egyptian Court on 23 June 2014.

    Egypt defends itself over AJ staff

    The Egyptian President said he would not interfere with judicial verdicts.

    2493 days ago
  • Abdel Fattah el-Sisi won a landslide victory last month but inherits a crippled economy and divided nation. Picture: AFP

    Egypt's Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to take oath today

    Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won a landslide victory last month but inherits a crippled economy and divided nation.

    2511 days ago
  • FILE: Egyptians cast their votes in a presidential election on Wednesday. Picture: AFP.

    Low voter turnout in Egypt

    Egyptians cast their votes in a presidential election on Wednesday.

    2520 days ago
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