presidential elections
Egypt holds its presidential election from today to Tuesday. The vote comes after a decade-long crackdown on dissent that has seen critics from across the political spectrum jailed.
The authorities said the crackdown was needed to stabilise Egypt and that it targeted extremists and saboteurs working to undermine the state.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a former army chief, has overseen a far- reaching crackdown since leading the 2013 ousting of Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood.
He retains the support of a military establishment that has gained further political and
