Tag: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
EU announces mission to protect Red Sea traffic after new Houthi attacks
After two months of negotiations between Member States, the European Union announced on Monday February 19 its naval operation in the Red Sea, with the aim of securing maritime traffic…
Erdogan visits Cairo to seal reconciliation between Egypt and Turkey
Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be received for the first time this Wednesday in Cairo by his counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, after a decade of virtual breakdown in Turkish-Egyptian relations. On…
opening of the campaign for the presidential election
The campaign for the Egyptian presidential election officially opens this Thursday, November 9. The Sissi government has been promising a democratic, transparent election for months and calling for a massive…
Ten years ago, the Rabaa al-Adhawiya Square massacre, a turning point in Egypt
On August 14, 2013, in Rabaa al-Adhawiya and Nahda squares in Cairo, the Egyptian authorities bloodily repressed a protest movement by supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi against the military…
Egypt and Turkey seal the end of a decade of estrangement
The Egyptian and Turkish foreign ministers announced in Cairo a resumption of relations at the level of ambassadors as soon as possible. Relations between Cairo and Ankara had deteriorated sharply…
After a decade of estrangement, a new milestone in Egypt-Turkey rapprochement
The head of Turkish diplomacy, Mevlüt Cavusoglu, is expected in Egypt this Saturday, March 18. It might look like an ordinary ministerial visit, but not at all: Egypt and Turkey…
Egypt assures that Alaa Abdel Fattah “is in good health”, his family is not convinced
The family of Alaa Abdel Fattah, the most famous Egyptian detainee and figurehead of the uprising which caused the fall of President Mubarak in 2011, is worried about his fate,…
the presidency buys a new plane at 500 million euros in the midst of an economic crisis
Egyptian social networks are outraged by the announcement of the purchase of a new presidential plane while the country is going through a serious economic crisis. The jet would cost…
President Sissi received at the Élysée to “deepen the partnership”
Emmanuel Macron received his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sissi at the Élysée. This visit, the 18th of the Egyptian president to France since taking power in July 2013, is part…
The Emir of Qatar announces reconciliation with Egypt after years of estrangement
The Emir of Qatar has just made a two-day official visit to Egypt, the first in seven years. A trip that marks the formal reconciliation between Cairo and Doha, which…