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Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi sworn in for second term as president of Egypt after winning over 97 percent of votes

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Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was sworn in for a second four-year term on Saturday after being re-elected in a vote earlier this year in which he faced no serious challengers.

El-Sissi took the oath of office before parliament amid tight security enforced throughout Cairo. After the oath, artillery delivered a celebratory 21-gun salute.

In an address to the packed…

Egypt editor suggests more presidential terms for el-Sissi

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CAIRO –  A top newspaper editor known to be close to President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is hinting that the Egyptian leader should be allowed to rule beyond the maximum two, four-year terms set by the constitution.

Yasser Rizq, chairman of the state-owned al-Akhbar daily, did not explicitly call for amending the constitutional clause limiting the number of terms a president can serve, but…

Last day presidential election that Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi virtually certain to win

(28 Mar 2018) Egyptians were voting for a third and final day on Wednesday in a lacklustre election that President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is virtually certain to win. El-Sissi came to power after leading the 2013 military overthrow of his freely elected Islamist predecessor, Mohammed Morsi, amid mass protests against his divisive year-long rule. The only other candidate on the ballot, Moussa…

Sole opposition to el-Sissi casts ballot in Egypt presidential election

(26 Mar 2018) Moussa Mustafa Moussa urged Egyptians to vote and praised the election process after casting his ballot in Cairo on Monday. Moussa is a little known politician who joined the race at the last minute to spare the government the embarrassment of a one-candidate election after several hopefuls were forced out or arrested. President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s victory is a foregone…

Egyptians vote in presidential election that el-Sissi is expected to win

(26 Mar 2018) Egypt’s foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Pope Tawadros II of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church cast their votes on Monday to elect the country’s next president. The election will last three days, starting on Monday. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is running virtually unopposed in this week’s elections after a series of potentially serious candidates were arrested or withdrew…