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Re-elected in December with 89.6% of the vote, Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is due to be sworn in for a third consecutive six-year term as the country’s leader. The swearing-in ceremony will be held on Tuesday at the new parliament buildings near the capital, Cairo, partly state-owned newspaper Al-Ahram …

The teams considered favourites for the title were all eliminated in the Round of 16 of this Africa Cup of Nations 2024. A surprise that the sporting public had not expected. The cards have been reshuffled and the Top 8 in African soccer is now known. Reigning African champions and …

It’s a clear road ahead for the incumbent president, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, who looks set to win a third term at the helm of Egypt. Voting began on Sunday and will continue until Tuesday, in a country of 106 million inhabitants and 67 million voters. Egyptians voted on Sunday in …

According to the UniRank 2023 ranking based on precise criteria such as accreditation by international educational bodies, quality academic programs and face-to-face courses, these ten universities in Africa offer an adequate training framework and internationally recognized degrees. University of Cape Town, South Africa University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa University …

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has confirmed he’ll stand for a third term in elections scheduled for December. The former army chief has been in power since he helped oust Mohammed Morsi, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, in 2013. Activists say his term in office has been marked by …

A huge fire has broken out at a police complex in the city of Ismailia in north-eastern Egypt, injuring dozens of pepople, local media reported. Videos posted online showed the security directorate, a building many storeys high, engulfed in flames. Civil defence sources said parts of it had collapsed. Fire …

Egyptian main opposition party won’t nominate a candidate in the presidential election due next year, it said, after one of its leaders was sentenced to six months in prison. The Free Current coalition said that Hisham Kassem had been a potential presidential candidate. He was found guilty of slander and …

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has said that the country needs to slow its birth rate to avoid a catastrophe, local media reported. He said that Egypt has to lower its annual births to 400,000 from the current more than two million for the country to efficiently provide jobs and …

Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah al-Sissi has pardoned jailed rights activist Patrick Zaki and lawyer Mohammed al-Baqer, state media reported. The news comes a day after an emergency court found Mr Zaki guilty of “spreading false news” and sentenced him to three years in prison. The judgement, based on an article …

Thousands of Egyptian migrants have been deported on foot back to Egypt, Libyan media reported. A Libyan security source says that 4,000 migrants have been found during raids on people traffickers in the east of Libya. An Egyptian security source has said that only about half of those rounded up …