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Tampa Bay Times: Egypt Presidential Hopeful Says Bureaucrats Blocking His Bid

Presidential candidate Khaled Ali gives a press conference at his office in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. Ali’s election campaign complains of harassment and bureaucracy facing supporters who are processing the 25,000 “recommendations” stipulated for in the constitution to allow hopefuls …

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U.S. News & World Report: Russia Is Cozying Up to Egypt

(U.S. News & World Report) Due to the whirlwind of attention paid to the weather, North Korea, Iran and domestic American politics, an event erupted that received little attention. Last November, as a result of the Russian defense minister’s visit, the Egyptian government agreed to a five-year reciprocal arrangement to allow Russian military planes to use

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Al Jazeera English: What is going on between Egypt and Sudan?

(Al Jazeera English) Ongoing tensions in the Red Sea region came to the fore in late December, when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Sudan as part of his Africa tour. During the visit, Erdogan and his Sudanese counterpart, Omar al-Bashir, signed more than a dozen agreements to boost the economic partnership between the two

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The Guardian: Christians in Egypt face unprecedented persecution, report says

Charity blames overspill of terrorism from Syria and Iraq after 128 Christians were killed last year (The Guardian) Christians in Egypt are facing unprecedented levels of persecution, with attacks on churches and the kidnap of girls by Islamist extremists intent on forcing them to marry Muslims, a report says. In the past year, Egypt has moved

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