Category: Country Reports
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July 2018
Overview. The period was dominated by the end of Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr, the run up to the general elections, the FATF’s re-addition of Pakistan to the “grey list”, and US drone strikes against TTP leaders. As expected, all major political parties formally commenced their election campaigns soon after the end of Eid.…… Read the rest
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July 2018
Overview. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was officially sworn in on 2nd June, accompanied by a 21-gun salute and a fighter-jet display team fly-past. After designating it a terrorist organisation in December 2013, Egypt’s government crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) continues as the Cairo Criminal Court added 187 people to Egypt’s terror list on 27…