Israeli actions in Gaza go beyond self-defense, al-Sisi says

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi believes that Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip go beyond the scope of self-defense; during the last three operations in Gaza, 12.5 thousand Palestinian civilians were killed, 2.5 thousand of them were children, he said on Sunday at a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Arab League postpones Joint Defence Council meeting

The Joint Defence Council meeting scheduled for Thursday at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo has been postponed as requested by the Saudi government on Wednesday, Al-Ahram Arabic News website reported.

Four dead in Egypt anti-government protest. (Thousands rally in Cairo heeding to call by Salafist Front...)

At least four protesters have been killed and scores of others injured in the Egyptian capital as thousands took to the streets of Cairo against the government of President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, heeding to a call by the opposition Salafist Front.

Egypt declares state of emergency in Sinai

The Egyptian presidency on Friday night declared a three-month state of emergency in parts of northern Sinai Peninsula after at least 30 people were killed in an attack against a local military checkpoint.

The measure would take effect at 5 a.m. local time (0300 GMT) Saturday, the presidency said in a statement following an emergency meeting of the National Security Council convened by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

The president also ordered a curfew starting at 5 p.m. (1500 GMT) Friday and ending at 7 a.m. (0500 GMT) Saturday in areas near Egypt's borders with Israel and the Gaza Strip.

Τριμερή Αναστασιάδη-Σίσι-Σαμαρά στο Κάιρο

Ενεργειακά ζητήματα, η απειλή αποσταθεροποίησης από τους τζιχαντιστές, τα κύματα μετανάστευσης, το Παλαιστινιακό καθώς και θέματα κοινού ενδιαφέροντος, θα βρεθούν στο επίκεντρο συνάντησης σε επίπεδο ηγετών της Κύπρου, Αιγύπτου και Ελλάδας.

Σύμφωνα με διπλωματικές πηγές από τη Λευκωσία, η συνάντηση, την οποία συγκαλεί ο Πρόεδρος της Αιγύπτου Άμπντελ Φάταχ αλ-Σίσι, είναι κατ’ αρχήν προγραμματισμένη για το πρώτο δεκαήμερο Νοεμβρίου.

Low turnout may affect mandate: Al-Sisi takes Egypt in election landslide

Former Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won a landslide victory in a presidential election on Thursday but a low turnout may have deprived him of the strong mandate he needs to fix the economy and face down an Islamist insurgency.

Sisi won 93.3 percent of votes cast, judicial sources said, with most ballots counted after three days of voting. His only rival, leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi, gained 3 percent while 3.7 percent of votes were declared void.

But a lower-than-expected turnout figure raised questions about the credibility of a man idolized by his supporters as a hero who can deliver stability.

Joint statements of Deputy PM and FM Venizelos and His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa, following their meeting. -MFA

MFA, Friday, 28 March 2014
E. VENIZELOS: His Beatitude and I cooperate very closely, because he monitors the issues that concern an exceptionally critical region. He is fully apprised of the developments in Egypt, where he is a major and broadly recognized figure. He has very close relations with General Al-Sisi, who is one of the candidates for president of Egypt, and of course he follows all the issues on the great African continent very closely.

We had the opportunity to talk about ecclesiastical issues as well, following the Synaxis of the Primates of the Orthodox Churches, in Istanbul, as well issues of Mediterranean and African policy, which are of very great importance, and I thank him warmly for his help.

Egypte/référendum: la nouvelle Constitution approuvée à 95% des voix

95% des Egyptiens se sont prononcés en faveur du projet de nouvelle Constitution de leur pays, a annoncé jeudi matin le général Abdel Fattah Osman, directeur des relations publiques au ministère de l'Intérieur.

Le taux de participation au scrutin s'est élevé à 55%. L'association islamiste Frères musulmans a appelé la population à boycotter le référendum constitutionnel, tandis que certains membres de l'organisation ont exhorté ses partisans à perturber le vote, ce qui a entraîné de sanglants affrontements avec les forces de l'ordre dans certaines provinces du pays. Une dizaine d'islamistes ont trouvé la mort dans les heurts.

Egypt's el-Sissi wins TIME Person of the Year reader's poll. -Army chief beats Turkish president and American pop star Miley Cyrus.

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Egyptian Army Chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has been voted TIME's Person of the Year in the magazine's reader's poll, the magazine announced Friday.

With 26.2 percent of the votes, el-Sissi, who is also Egypt's defense minister, was ranked first, followed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with 20.8 percent of the votes, and American pop singer Miley Cyrus, who raked in 16.3 percent of the votes.

VIDEO. Qui est le général Al-Sissi, au centre du pouvoir en Egypte ?

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Un homme est au centre du pouvoir en Egypte, le tout-puissant général Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi, 58 ans, ministre de la Défense de l'ex-président Mohamed Morsi, destitué par l'armée début juillet. L'homme, qui réprime dans le sang les manifestations pro-Morsi au Caire et dans d'autres villes égyptiennes, s'est formé en Grande-Bretagne, et surtout aux Etats-Unis. Il se préparait déjà à intervenir depuis fin 2012, selon certains spécialistes de la politique égyptienne.