Abdel Fattah Khalil el Sisi

The advent of the Joe Biden administration will put the Egyptian authorities on the defensive over human rights even if President Abdel Fattah el Sisi would rather no one talked about his crackdown on dissent and Islamist groups which has seen tens of thousands arrested since he first came to power in a 2013 military coup (AC Vol 61 No 1 Polls poverty and protest)...

Egypt's relationship with Ethiopia's neighbours will continue to increase following recent military manoeuvres with Sudan President Abdel Fattah el Sisi's visit to South Sudan and Egyptian delegations visiting Somaliland and Somalia...

Ethiopia might benefit from the electoral defeat of United States President Donald Trump removing one of the strongest supporters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi's position on the GERD...

In June Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi said that the Libyan central coastal town of Sirte and the airbase at Jufra further south both held by General Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) were red lines warning the Government of National Accord and its Turkish backers that Egypt would intervene if they were attacked...

While Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el Sisi runs a military regime to which no serious challenge is foreseeable Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is at the centre of a political maelstrom which could destroy the fragile federation...

2bn in deposits placed by Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait between the seizure of power by President Abdel Fattah el Sisi in 2013 and the start of the IMF programme in 2016 (AC Vol 55 No 14 More Gulf cash needed & Vol 59 No 4 Sisi & Sons)...

Cairo however will argue that President Abdel Fatteh el Sisi's close relations with US President Donald Trump favours their choice especially when US-Nigeria relations have hit a new low...

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el Sisi one of Haftar's prime supporters has tried to come to his rescue with a call for a negotiated end to the crisis...

The two men were photographed at a crowded briefing in early March chaired by President Abdel Fattah el Sisi...

That would trigger the 'Egypt strategy' – a Abdel Fattah el Sisi-style takeover – according to activists in Khartoum...