This is despite the Fund noting that President Abdel Fattah el Sisi's government has failed to restructure the economy in which the military and state sector continue to constrain private companies...

Of these Egypt's vote showed the weight of US military aid to President Abdel Fattah el Sisi's government and warmer relations with France trumped its coordination with Moscow over Libya policy and grain imports...

Although Burhan and his Egyptian advisors believe he can repeat the path to power trodden by General Abdel Fattah el Sisi – from putschist to 'elected' President – it is not a view widely shared in Khartoum even in the military headquarters...

With no elections on the horizon a dominant President Abdel Fattah el Sisi has no pressing reasons to make major changes to his government line-up...

Egypt's President Abdel Fatteh el Sisi sees a democratic experiment in Sudan as an internal threat and supporting Burhan makes sense...

General-turned-President Abdel Fattah el Sisi was called 'my favourite dictator' by US President Donald Trump...