Egyptian voters approve extension of Sisi’s presidency until 2030

April 25th, 20190 CAIRO — Nearly 90 percent of referendum voters approved constitutional amendments that could keep the president in power until 2030. Egyptian voters have overwhelmingly backed constitutional changes allowing President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to remain in power until 2030, the election commission has said. "These are effective from...

Egypt’s Sisi wins 97 percent in election with no real opposition

April 2nd, 20180 CAIRO – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been re-elected with 97 percent of votes, the same proportion that the former military commander secured four years ago for his first term but with a lower turnout, official results showed on Monday. Turnout was 41 percent, despite efforts to get as many Egyptians as possible to...

Sisi calls for big turnout in upcoming Egyptian presidential election

March 16th, 20180 CAIRO — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Thursday his government had fulfilled its promises during his first term and called on Egyptians to vote in large numbers in an election where he is seeking a second term in office. The former army chief is widely expected to win by a huge margin in the March 26-28 vote, since...

Egypt’s Sisi orders military chief to secure Sinai in three months

December 2nd, 20171 CAIRO — On Wednesday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered his military command to use all force necessary to secure the Sinai peninsula within the next three months, following a militant attack on a mosque that killed more than 300 people. No group has claimed responsibility for Friday's attack in which authorities say...

Egypt: Hundreds dead in a terrorist attack on mosque in north Sinai

November 24th, 20170 CAIRO - A terrorist attack killed 230 people at a mosque in Egypt’s north Sinai region on Friday, detonating a bomb and shooting at fleeing worshippers and ambulances, state media and witnesses said. It was one of the deadliest attacks in the region. No group claimed immediate responsibility, but since 2014 Egyptian security forces...

ISIS claims responsibilty for the two attacks on Coptic churches in Egypt

April 9th, 20170 CAIRO, Egypt - ISIS has claimed responsibility for two bomb attacks on Coptic Christian churches in Egypt which have killed at least 36 people. “A group that belongs to Islamic State carried out the two attacks on the churches in the cities of Tanta and Alexandria,” the group’s news agency Amaq said. In the first, a bomb exploded...

Bombing at Egyptian churches kill and injure dozens on Palm Sunday

April 9th, 20170 CAIRO, Egypt - At least 36 people were killed and more than 100 injured in bomb attacks on two Coptic churches on Palm Sunday, in the latest assault on a religious minority increasingly targeted by Islamic extremists. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, which come a week before Coptic Easter and in the same...

Trump welcomes Egyptian President Sisi to the White House: “He has done a fantastic job”

April 3rd, 20170 WASHINGTON, DC - President Donald Trump met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the White House. Trump said the Egyptian President had done a "fantastic job" and declared his support for Egypt and the Egyptian people. He also said he was “very much behind” Sisi and been very close to him since the first time they...