Haftar already enjoys strong support from two other presidents  Egypt's Abdel Fatah el Sisi and Russia's Vladimir Putin  both of whom are close to Trump...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Ban of brothersSuch a measure would be warmly endorsed by President Abdel Fatah el Sisi  who has banned the Ikhwan in Egypt  where it was founded by Hassan el Banna in 1928...
	 
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	     Egypt is seeking Eritrea's help  along with that of Uganda and South Sudan  both of which President Abdel Fatah el Sisi visited in January  to pressure Ethiopia to make concessions over the GERD  which it believes could threaten Egypt's crucial irrigation and hydropower resources from the Nile (AC Vol 57 No 12  Dam provocations)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Municipal elections are scheduled in 2017 but they are being overshadowed by preparations for the presidential election in mid-2018  in which the incumbent  Abdel Fattah el Sisi  is likely to seek a second term...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The financing plan dates back to July when President Abdel Fatah el Sisi launched a three-year strategy to raise US$21 billion from the IMF  World Bank and bilateral donors to plug the deficit (AC Vol 57 No 8  Desperately seeking dollars)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     President Abdel Fatah el Sisi ceded the islands to Saudi Arabia during a state visit by King Salman bin Abdul Aziz al Saud in April...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    The latest episode in the Red Sea islands saga has seen a judge make a ruling in open defiance of President Abdel Fatah el Sisi...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	      President Abdel Fatah el Sisi's guest signed economic aid agreements worth US$22 billion and Saudi business people accompanying him pledged to pour funds into Egyptian development schemes...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     President Abdel Fattah el Sisi requested Prime Minister Sherif Ismail replace ten members of the cabinet on 23 March...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Cairo could provide useful support in Libya  although there is discomfort – more in London and Washington than in Paris – that the authoritarian President Abdel Fatah el Sisi might make a difficult ally...
	 
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