The parliamentary and presidential polls had previously been slated for November 2019. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for snap parliamentary and presidential elections to be held on June 24, more than a year earlier than [ More … ]
The country had already lost its way in the 20th century, and there are powerful signs that it could share the same fate in this century “Egypt will embrace its fifth president since 1953. That [ More … ]
Late on Tuesday, Egyptian police raided the office of a news website and arrested its editor-in-chief, according to three of its journalists, including its managing editor. The raid came two days after the Supreme Council [ More … ]
While his election victory came as no surprise, consolidating further political control while addressing economic and security challenges could be a challenge, says The Atlantic in a report. It would be a significant stretch to [ More … ]
After the Egyptians bravely overthrew the military-backed dictator, Hosni Mubarak in 2011, they witnessed the first democratically elections in Egypt’s history in 2012. However, the Egyptians’ dream of democracy vanished when the country’s military launched a coup in [ More … ]
Despite al-Sisi’s certain victory a sweeping victory in the absence of real competition, in a contest dismissed by critics as a shame, much has been said about the importance of securing a high turnout. Preparing [ More … ]
The presidential election in Egypt will take place March 26-28, and it is widely understood that the serving president, Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, will be the winner. In the midst of an ongoing crackdown on opposition and [ More … ]
Egypt’s Al-Sisi said he needed $2 trillion to build Egypt. Al-Sisi’s remarks came only days ahead of the country’s presidential election scheduled for next week. In an interview with Egyptian director, Sandra Nashaat, Al-Sisi said [ More … ]
Of late, Egypt’s authoritarian government has arrested Sami Anan, Sisi’s only credible presidential candidate, which has sent shock waves throughout the Arab world & western media. Whilst the West has become accustomed to seeing elections [ More … ]
In this bustling capital, the election billboards of Abdel Fatah al-Sisi are everywhere. They read: “Yalla Sissi”— “Go Sisi” in Arabic — urging him on for a second term. Accordingly, Egyptian voters will struggle to [ More … ]
Egypt’s chief prosecutor delivered a withering broadside against the news media on Wednesday, blaming the “forces of evil” for negative coverage and instructing his staff to take legal action against outlets deemed to be undermining [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch sharply criticized Egyptian authorities on Monday for a series of “arbitrary” arrests of political opponents of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi ahead of next month’s presidential election, which the watchdog considers “unfair”, reported Associated Press. [ More … ]
Can Sisi Preserve Stability In Egypt As Warning Signs of Mistrust Rise? It’s not uncommon to hear Egyptians saying that the revolution failed – that it was hijacked by opportunists, while the true revolutionaries were [ More … ]
Egyptian presidential elections expected to be dominated by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi next month will be “neither free nor fair”, more than a dozen human rights groups said Tuesday. “The Egyptian government has trampled over even [ More … ]
Egyptian police on Tuesday took former anti-corruption chief Hisham Genena, who had been helping run the election campaign of a challenger to Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, to the military prosecutor’s office, his family said. Genena had [ More … ]
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