Abdel Fattah Khalil el Sisi

Tension is still rising between Khartoum and Cairo as Egypt's new leader President Abdel Fatah Khalil el Sisi sets out his strategic priorities...

Abdel Fatah Khalil el Sisi was declaring that he had served with Haftar in the 1973 war against Israel and that the Libyan was his 'mentor'...

Abdel Fatah Khalil el Sisi will start his presidency knowing that a significant proportion of the public has faith in his pledge to bring security and eventual prosperity through patriotism and hard work (AC Vol 55 No 8 El Sisi's spring offensive)...

For Egypt's Defence Minister and now leading presidential candidate General Abdel Fatah Khalil el Sisi this raises the spectre of Sudan trying to destabilise Egypt a return to the antagonism of two decades ago...

Field Marshal Abdel Fatah Khalil el Sisi has moved his nominees to key posts in the armed forces...

Some saw the replacement of Hazem el Beblawi as Prime Minister by Ibrahim Mehleb as an attempt by Defence Minister Field Marshal Abdel Fatah Khalil el Sisi to spruce up the government before formally announcing his presidential candidacy...

' started within days of General Abdel Fatah Khalil el Sisi removing Mohamed Mursi from the presidency on 3 July 2013...

The key question is whether the army commander General Abdel Fatah Khalil el Sisi will run...

The President is also Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and with no provision to prohibit him or her from also taking the Defence portfolio as currently held by General Abdel Fatah Khalil el Sisi...

Western governments may choose to ignore this but Egypt's military under General Abdel Fatah Khalil el Sisi assuredly will not...