Egypt: Reelected to third term, Sisi is authoritarian leader with penchant for bridges
AIDAN LEWIS, of Reuters, reports from Cairo…
Egypt’s Sisi sweeps to third term as President with 89.6 per cent of vote
Cairo, EgyptReuters Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has swept to a third term as Egypt’s President in an election where he faced no serious challengers, election authorities said on Monday, and he called the vote a rejection of the “inhumane war” in neighbouring Gaza. The election, in which he took 89.6 per cent of the vote according […]
Push to mobilise turnout as Egyptians vote for president
Suez, Egypt Reuters Egyptians, some arriving on buses or stationed waving national flags outside polling stations, voted on Monday in the second of three days in a presidential election in which Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to sweep to a third, six-year term. Many have shown little interest or knowledge about the election, which is […]
Egyptians vote in presidential election overshadowed by Gaza war
Cairo, EgyptReuters Egyptians began voting on Sunday in a presidential election set to hand Abdel Fattah al-Sisi a third term in power, as the country grapples with an economic crisis and a war on its border with Gaza. If Sisi wins a new six-year term, his immediate priorities would be taming near-record inflation, managing a […]
Egypt’s Sisi rejects transfer of Gazans, discusses aid with Biden
Cairo, EgyptReuters President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday that Egyptians in their millions would reject the forced displacement of Palestinians into Sinai, adding that any such move would turn the Egyptian peninsula into a base for attacks against Israel. Later, following a phone call between Sisi and US President Joe Biden, a White House […]
Israel vows to demolish Hamas as troops prepare to move on shattered Gaza
Gaza/Jerusalem Reuters Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to “demolish Hamas” as his troops prepared to move into the Gaza Strip in pursuit of Hamas militants whose deadly rampage through Israeli border towns shocked the world. Israel has urged exhausted Gazans to evacuate south, which hundreds of thousands have already done in the […]
Pressure on Gaza border alarms Egypt as strikes close crossing
Cairo, Egypt/GazaReuters Egypt is moving to prevent a mass exodus from the Gaza Strip into its Sinai Peninsula, as Israeli bombardment halted crossings at the main exit point from the Palestinian enclave on Tuesday, Gaza officials and Egyptian security sources said. Israel’s assault on Gaza has caused alarm in Egypt, which has urged Israel to […]
Biggest Christian cathedral in Middle East opens in Egypt
The biggest Christian cathedral in the Middle East was inaugurated in Egypt on Sunday. The newly constructed Coptic cathedral, the Cathedral of the Nativity, was formally opened by Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday, the eve of Coptic Christmas. The President later reportedly attended a midnight Mass which was presided over by Coptic Pope […]