Latest in Tag: Sisi Highlight
Latest in Tag: Sisi
King Salman arrives in Cairo in first official visit
The visit will include bilateral talks with President Sisi, signing of economic agreements
Egypt, Gabon sign 5 MOUs in multiple fields
The Gabonese president affirmed the importance of bolstering ties with Egypt during his Cairo visit
The president’s men
Any ruling regime cannot begin from ground zero, because simply it cannot destroy the pillars of the state overnight and re-build them in the same way it demolished them. This introduction may seem philosophical, but it can be simplified by showing examples, before going into the topic at length. The July Revolution could not oust …
Egypt signs 21 economic cooperation agreements with China
China lends Egypt $1.8bn, $800m of which is for NBE and Banque Misr
Al-Sisi and head of Kuwait National Council discuss bilateral cooperation
Sisi met with Marzouk Al-Ghanem on Sunday
Divisive reactions over Al-Sisi’s claim to renounce power
Between fear of anarchy, belief in peaceful protesting, Egyptians divided over calls for uprising on 25 January
Al-Sisi emphasises submission to Egyptian political mandate in Al-Azhar speech
The president criticised calls for protests on 25 January saying they risk detriment to national security
Armed forces to assist government bodies in lowering prices: Al-Sisi
Notable steps taken by end of November to address price increases
Al-Sisi urges Egyptians abroad to cast their votes
The president said this parliament is the last merit in Egypt’s political road map
Staunch Al-Sisi supporter calls for opening of stadia and dialogue with ultras
A staunch supporter of general-turned-president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris has called on the government to allow football fans, a pillar of anti-government protest, back into stadia that have largely been closed to the public for nearly five years. Sawiri’s request on the eve of two African Confederation Cup semi-finals in Cairo in …
Al-Sisi warns against rising violations in Al-Aqsa
Current conditions indicate the Israeli government’s failure to carry out its responsibilities to protect holy sites under international law, says Al-Sisi
Information war destroys countries, we have to face its danger: Al-Sisi
Egyptian president toured Cairo’s Military Academy, before giving speech to its students
President Al-Sisi agrees to ‘fight terrorism’ with Indonesian counterpart
Al-Sisi concludes his week-long Asian tour, which aimed at fostering economic and political cooperation with China, Singapore, and Indonesia
Egypt increases efforts to acquire Security Council seat
Al-Sisi met with more than 50 UN representatives
Al-Sisi’s Singapore visit is historic: Singapore’s Ambassador in Cairo
Presidential visit will discuss bilateral maritime, education and water resource cooperation
CPJ denounces ratification of anti-terrorism law
Critical reporting in Egypt is already under threat, the observatory said
Al-Sisi ratifies new SCC law amendments
Amendments allow elections convention before final decisions on elections law constituency
Officer-turned-jihadist calls for war against Al-Sisi
Ashmawi’s call came in an audio message, according to SITE intelligence group
Al-Sisi defends anti-terror law, renews parliament promise
President paid tribute to deceased security personnel
CPJ urges Al-Sisi not to sign new anti-terror, cyber crime bills
Passage of restrictive draft laws by cabinet threatens freedom of media in Egypt, says CPJ
Amended parliamentary laws await presidential approval
Laws amended include those organising exercise of political rights, operation of House of Representatives and electoral districts
An assassination brings insurgency to Cairo
By Amr Khalifa Imagine the Prosecutor General of France in a motorcade near the Place de Montmartre. Now imagine a suicide car bomb intercepting that motorcade and killing him. Today Egypt doesn’t have to imagine. On an otherwise normal sunny Ramadan day, Hisham Barakat, Egypt’s Prosecutor General, was assassinated thereby delivering a burgeoning insurgency’s biggest …
PM arrives in South Africa in Al-Sisi’s place
Legal group that filed case against Al-Sisi said they would have gone to court for an urgent arrest warrant had Al-Sisi attended the summit
Morsi and Al-Sisi’s first year in office
First year reviews of each president take different perspectives and put the spotlight on different fields
How Egypt‘s President tricked Germany‘s Chancellor Merkel – again
The relations between Germany and Egypt, who had only just agreed on cooperation in the Berlin declaration, slumped
Al-Sisi apologises to lawyers
Police officers should be more careful in dealing with citizens, says president
Disagreements still in place, dialogue will continue: Merkel and Al-Sisi
Merkel criticised death sentences in Egypt, Al-Sisi said that Egypt guarantees region’s stability
All Egyptian presidents did what they wanted; we only applauded: Lenin El-Ramly
Though El-Ramly never joined the protests to Tahrir Square, one thing that caught his attention was that the youth there did not live during Abdel Nasser’s or Sadat’s eras.
Justice Minister Al-Zind: a perfect representation of the times
“We [judges] are the masters and the rest are the slaves” is indeed the most memorable quote by Egypt’s new Justice Minister Ahmed Al-Zind, head of the Judges’ Club. The rest of this sentence as said by Al-Zind during a phone interview on a TV show was: “Whatever represents an attack on the Judiciary’s prestige, …
Judicial bullets and Egyptian insecurity
Egypt has become one massive kangaroo court for Islamist opponents of the Al-Sisi regime. The security repercussions of such systematic repression and injustice may potentially lead the shortening of the life span of a regime struggling to maintain a security hold on a nation increasingly plagued by terror attacks. In a rational dynamic of politically …