Egypt's President El-Sisi announces bid for third term amidst economic crisis and crackdown on opposition
The announcement comes amidst an economic crisis, record inflation, and a crackdown on freedom of expression, with implications for the country's political future.
El-Sisi has been in power since 2014 after leading the army to remove Egypt's first democratically-elected President Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013. He was announced the winner of presidential elections in 2014 and 2018 with 97 percent of the vote. Egypt has witnessed a crackdown on freedom of expression under el-Sisi with hundreds of activists and political opponents imprisoned or forced into exile.
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