Sisi extends state of emergency in Egypt

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has extended the state of emergency nationwide for the ninth time.

Iran PressAfrica:  Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi issued a decree to extend the country’s already-imposed state of emergency for another three months starting from October 27, Egypt’s official gazette reported on Saturday.

According to the decree, the armed forces and the police will take necessary measures “to face the perils of terrorism and its financing, maintain security nationwide, protect public and private properties and protect the lives of Egyptian citizens.”

Under the Egyptian constitution, presidential decisions to renew the state of emergency must be approved by the country’s parliament.

Sisi first imposed a three-month nationwide state of emergency on April 2017, following a twin bombing at two churches in the northern provinces of Gharbiya and Alexandria that killed at least 47 and wounded over 120 others.

Egypt has been facing a wave of terrorist attacks that have killed hundreds of policemen, soldiers, and civilians since the military ouster of former President Mohamed Morsi in 2013 and the later security crackdown on his loyalists, mostly from the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group.

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