Sisi was welcomed by General Sergey Shoygu who showed him different Russian-made military vehicles and weapons in the airport. It was also agreed that a "Russian Industrial Zone" would be built along the Suez Canal, explained by Putin as being "the biggest regional center for producing Russian products onto the markets of the Middle-East and North Africa. Al-Burhan held several positions throughout his career as he began as a soldier with the Border Guard Forces and later became Commander of this Force before becoming Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces Operations and then Chief of Staff of the Sudanese Army in February 2018 before he served as Inspector General of the Army for a period of time. Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan (Arabic: عبد الفتاح عبد الرحمن البرهان‎; born 11 July 1960[citation needed]) is a Sudanese politician and Sudanese Army general who is currently serving as Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan, the country's collective transitional head of state.

[204][197] He is married to his cousin,[205] Entissar Amer, and is the father of three sons and one daughter.

"[188] In September 2014 Sisi visited the US to address the UN General assembly in New York. [186] Sisi also skipped Obama's invitation to the American-African summit. In the speech, he presented the problems facing Egypt and his plan, saying "In its next phase, Egypt will witness a total rise on both internal and external fronts, to compensate what we have missed and correct the mistakes of the past". President Sisi also ordered the Egyptian Armed Forces to transport 500 tons of aid, consisting of food and medical supplies, to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. I have read and agree to the privacy policy, At the national level, 9.28% of beds are being taken up by COVID-19 patients, rising to 17.93% in intensive care units.

We made this episode with our neighbors at Throughline, the new NPR history podcast about moments from the past that shape our present. @RundAbdelfatah — 5,347 followers, 2,172 tweets. These numbers indicate a moderate drop from the last poll done in 2014.[139]. He also personally congratulated Emirate of Abu Dhabi's crown prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan for the deal. [40], Mass demonstrations occurred on 30 June 2013 as tens of millions of Egyptians took to the streets to denounce Mohamed Morsi.

The Egyptian military also threatened to intervene if the dispute was not resolved by then.[41]. On 27 January 2014, he was promoted to the rank of field marshal. Clashes took place around Egypt. Copyright 2020 NPR. He was later chosen to replace Mohamed Hussein Tantawi and serve as the commander-in-chief and Minister of Defence and Military Production on 12 August 2012. [78] However, Hamdeen Sabahi ran against him in the presidential race.

[126][127][128] They encouraged and welcomed private sector initiatives of energy infrastructure projects, important for energy security of all three countries such as the EuroAfrica Interconnector, interconnector between Greek, Cypriot, and Egypt power grids via submarine power cable of length around 1,619-kilometre (1,006 mi). [167] The Egyptian foreign ministry also said that Egypt has cancelled joint naval drills with Turkey over Turkey's interference in Egypt's domestic affairs. [131], Sisi also introduced the Suez Canal Area Development Project[132] which would involve development of five new seaports in the three provinces surrounding the canal, a new industrial zone west of the Gulf of Suez, economic zones around the waterway, seven new tunnels between Sinai and the Egyptian home land, building a new Ismailia city, huge fish farms, and a technology valley within Ismailia.

İyad el-Baghdadi, a human rights activist who became famous during the Arab Spring, later interpreted these visits (together with a visit by TMC deputy leader Dagalo to Mohammad bin Salman in Saudi Arabia) as encouragements for the TMC to cancel negotiations with the opposition. Sisi later moved to the Heliopolis Palace, where a 21-gun salute welcomed the new president, before the ex-president received Sisi near the palace's stairway. [44][45], The reactions to el-Sisi's announcement ranged from open support from the Egyptian presidency[46] and the Tamarod movement[47] to rejection, not only by the Muslim Brotherhood,[44] but also by the Salafi Nour Party,[48] the Islamist Strong Egypt Party,[49] the liberal April 6 Youth Movement[50] and some Egyptian human rights groups.

[68] The accompanying article noted "Sisi's success reflected the genuine popularity of a man who led what was essentially a military coup in July against the democratically elected government of then President Mohammed Morsi. Sisi rules an authoritarian regime in Egypt,[7] as the Egyptian military has unchecked power,[8] and elections are not free and fair.

"[23] He was the first member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to admit that the invasive tests had been carried out.[36]. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. [19], Several human rights organizations including Human Rights Watch condemned the Burhan-led TMC for shutting down internet.

Sisi served as a mechanized infantry commander and then as director of military intelligence. A PAIR of British schoolboys, both just 14 years of age, have been saved by the Mountain Rescue and Intervention Group (GREIM) after getting lost in the fog on a school trip. [143] Shortly before Sisi arrived in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea to participate in the 23rd ordinary session of the African Union summit where he gave his speech blaming the AU for freezing Egypt's membership a year before. Welcome! They were married upon Sisi's graduation from the Egyptian Military Academy in 1977. [169] An advisor to the Turkish president has denied that the countries' leaders were planning to meet. [109] Chicken prices would reportedly rise by 25 percent days after the decision because of added transportation costs. Copyright 2019 NPR. In November 2013, Egypt told the Turkish ambassador to leave the country, a day after Erdoğan called for Morsi to be freed.

[168] In September 2014, Egypt's foreign minister cancelled a meeting with now-President Erdoğan requested by Turkey after Erdoğan made a speech critical of Egypt in the UN General Assembly.

[38] El-Sisi also took the post of Minister of Defense and Military Production in the Qandil Cabinet. [175][176][177][178], In November 2016, Sisi admitted that he supported the presidency of Bashar al-Assad in Syria for the sake of stability. [59], On 24 March 2014, an Egyptian court sentenced 529 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death,[60] following an attack on a police station in 2013, an act described by Amnesty International as "the largest single batch of simultaneous death sentences we've seen in recent years […] anywhere in the world".

[99][100] Coinciding with Sisi's visit an Arabic hashtag that translates to "you are a leader, Sisi" has been tweeted 14,486 times, and the hashtag "Sisi in the Cathedral" has been tweeted 3,609 times accompanied with pictures of a cross and a crescent symbolising the national unity. Starting 10 February 2019, Sisi also began serving a one-year term as Chairperson of the African Union, which concluded in 2020.[1].

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