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United Nation Special Envoy on Financing 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Mahmoud Mohieldin of Egypt, is seen on screen as he talks during an African Ministers of Finance, Economy and Environment Meeting for the COP27 climate summit, in al-Masa hotel at the New Administrative Capital, some 45 kilometres east of Cairo, on September 7, 2022. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
September 13, 2022, 5:04 pm
Egypt denies reports of quashing environmental activism ahead of UN climate summit
Government response does not address allegations of intimidation of climate activists
By AP
Anti-government protesters chant slogans against the regime in Cairo, Egypt, September 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
October 3, 2019, 4:35 pm
Israeli firm traces cyberattacks on Egyptian activists to Cairo government
Check Point Software Technologies says major hacking campaign targeting opposition figures, journalists and academics run out of Egyptian spy shop
By ToI Staff
In this photo from June 19, 2019, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi speaks during a press conference in Bucharest, Romania. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
September 14, 2019, 11:53 pm
Egypt’s Sissi dismisses corruption allegations
After exiled businessman accuses him of misusing public funds on large scale, president says claims of lavish spending are ‘lies and defamation’
By Samy Magdy
People walk past a banner supporting proposed amendments to the Egyptian constitution with a picture of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo, Egypt, on April 16, 2019. (AP/Amr Nabil)
April 26, 2019, 6:13 am
Egypt referendum firms up Sissi rule as regional unrest flares
Egyptians seek stability and see no alternative to current president, expert says
By Bassem Aboualabass
Election workers count ballots at the end of three-day vote on constitutional amendments at a polling station in Cairo, Egypt, April 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
April 23, 2019, 1:55 am
Egypt polls close after 3-day vote to extend el-Sissi’s rule until 2030
Constitutional amendment, seen as another step toward authoritarian rule eight years after pro-democracy uprising, is nearly guaranteed to pass
By Samy Magdy
People walk past a banner supporting proposed amendments to the Egyptian constitution with a picture of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo, Egypt, on April 16, 2019. (AP/Amr Nabil)
April 20, 2019, 9:45 am
Egyptians vote on referendum allowing extension of Sissi’s rule to 2030
Proposed changes are seen by critics as another step back toward authoritarianism
By AP
Members of Egypt's Parliament meet to deliberate constitutional amendments that could allow President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to stay in office till 2034, in Cairo Egypt, Feb 13, 2019. (AP Photo)
February 14, 2019, 4:35 pm
Egypt’s parliament extends presidential term limits
Move could allow Sissi to remain in power until 2034; critics say country slipping back into authoritarianism
By AP
Seif al-Din MohamedIn this Friday, April 22, 2016 file photo, EgyptAir plane hijacking suspect Seif al-Din Mohamed Mostafa, 59, center, is escorted by Cyprus police officers as he arrives in a court in capital Nicosia, Cyprus (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)
December 5, 2018, 10:41 pm
Egyptian to face trial over hijacking plane, diverting it to Cyprus
Accusations against Seif al-Din Mohamed Mostafa include deliberately disrupting flight, seizing control of an aircraft and promoting ideas of the Muslim Brotherhood
By AFP
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi addresses the chamber after he was sworn in for a second four-year term in Cairo, June 2, 2018. (Egypt’s presidency media office via AP)
August 19, 2018, 12:16 am
Egypt president approves law tightening internet controls
Legislation allows authorities to block websites whose content may threaten national security; rights groups say it paves way for censoring online media
By Agencies
Egyptians protest in front of an army tank in central Cairo, Egypt, January 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ali)
March 24, 2018, 5:32 pm
Egypt: Seven years since the revolution
Ahead of next week’s elections, a look at key events since the 2011 uprising that ended the rule of Hosni Mubarak
By AFP
A cartoon released by Egypt's interior ministry in January (YouTube screenshot)
February 7, 2018, 6:01 am
Egyptian government cartoon encourages kids to inform on neighbors
Clip calling on children to report suspicious people to police without consulting adults sparks criticism on social media
By ToI Staff
Egyptian human rights lawyer Khaled Ali speaks during a press conference in Cairo, on January 24, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
January 25, 2018, 2:09 am
Sissi’s last real challenger quits Egypt presidential race
Human rights lawyer Khaled Ali cites ‘signs that pointed to a will to poison the whole operation and to corrupt and empty it of its supposedly democratic content’
By Maram Mazen
Egyptians drive past a billboard bearing the image of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, as part of the campaign for his reelection in the upcoming polls scheduled for March 2018, on January 22, 2018, in Cairo. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
January 24, 2018, 6:43 pm
After rival accused of crimes, Egypt’s Sissi registers candidacy for reelection
Several potential opponents in presidential race have either ruled themselves out or been targeted for prosecution
By AFP
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi attending a military ceremony in Paris in October 2017. (AFP/Pool/Charles Platiau)
January 19, 2018, 11:19 pm
Egypt’s President Sissi says he will stand for re-election
The leader is expected to easily win a second term when polling is held in March
By Agencies
Egyptian women hold their national flag and a poster bearing portraits of President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi and Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi, as they celebrate the sixth anniversary of the 2011 uprising that overthrew former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in Cairo's Tahrir Square on January 25, 2017. AFP/STRINGER)
January 25, 2017, 4:40 pm
Six years after uprising, Sissi insists Egypt ‘on right track’
President calls on country’s younger generation to work for continued ‘reform, construction and development’
By AFP
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