Although Burhan and his Egyptian advisors believe he can repeat the path to power trodden by General Abdel Fattah el Sisi – from putschist to 'elected' President – it is not a view widely shared in Khartoum even in the military headquarters...

With no elections on the horizon a dominant President Abdel Fattah el Sisi has no pressing reasons to make major changes to his government line-up...

Egypt's President Abdel Fatteh el Sisi sees a democratic experiment in Sudan as an internal threat and supporting Burhan makes sense...

General-turned-President Abdel Fattah el Sisi was called 'my favourite dictator' by US President Donald Trump...

In all three factions there are senior officers whose core aim is to derail the political transition to civil rule instead establishing an authoritarian military-backed regime on the lines of General Abdel Fattah el Sisi's in Egypt...

For his part the new President Mohamed Younes Manfi had talks in Paris with Emmanuel Macron on 23 March and then with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi in Cairo two days later...

One of the first calls that Trump made to a foreign leader after his inauguration was to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi who made an official visit to Washington in April 2017...

The AU is brokering negotiations over the dam and in February President Abdel Fattah el Sisi said he was confident of a solution...