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Vol 60 No 19

Published 27th September 2019


Egypt

All the general’s hotels

Corruption allegations by an insider have stoked public anger, spilling onto the streets, prompting an immediate crackdown

Egyptians have been glued to a series of sensational videos which claim to detail high-level corruption by President Abdel Fattah el Sisi and the Egyptian armed forces. The controversy may have stoked the public demonstrations which have seen hundreds arrested in the subsequent clampdown on 21-22 September.

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