Top Headlines
- Egypt’s Sisi secures over 90% of vote in 2018 presidential elections with turnout over 40%: State TV projection
- Presidential runner-up Moussa Mostafa Moussa said he felt proud of the result of the presidential election, after obtaining an estimated 3 % of the vote
- High participation rates of ‘women and elderly men’ in presidential elections
- Stability topped Egyptian voters’ concerns in 2018 presidential election
- Egypt says 6 militants and 2 soldiers killed in Sinai
Via AP
Main Headlines
Monday
- Egyptians begin voting in contest set to hand President Sisi second term a second team
- Voter turnout on first day of presidential elections is so far “moderate”
- Police identifies two involved in murder attempt on Alexandria security chief
- Egyptian killed in Saudi Arabia after Houthi militia launches missiles from Yemen
- Russian T-90S/SK tanks to be assembled in Egypt soon
- Two suspects who tricked senior woman to smuggle drugs for Umrah are arrested
Tuesday
- Presidential candidate Moussa Mostafa Moussa casts his vote: ‘I did my best and I am optimistic’
- Elections see highest turnout in Cairo, Giza, Alexandria: NEC
- Egypt’s first lady participates during elections in a rare public appearance
- Six ‘Hassm’ movement members are killed in Beheira according to Egypt’s Interior Ministry
Wednesday
- Stability topped Egyptian voters’ concerns in 2018 presidential elections
- Egypt’s National Election Authority said that Egyptians abstaining from voting in election will be fined
- Polling stations close nationwide as voting in Egypt’s 2018 presidential election ends
Thursday
- Preliminary results suggest that Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has been re-elected for a second four-year term
- High participation rates of ‘women and elderly men’ in presidential elections
- Lawyer files case against Saad Eddin Ibrahim for false news on election
- Draft budget expects 5.8% growth rate and decreased budget deficit
Friday
- Presidential runner-up Moussa Mostafa Moussa said he felt proud of the result of the presidential election, after obtaining an estimated 3 % of the vote
- Reuters withdraws article on reported violations in Egypt’s election
- Central Bank of Egypt cuts key interest rates by 100 basis points
Saturday
- Egypt’s parliament would swear in President Sisi for second term in early June
- Egypt’s Wafd Party elects MP Bahaa Abu Shaqa as new chairman
- Egypt plans to establish free economic zone in South Sinai’s Nuweiba
- Two workers are killed in Jalala mountain gas explosion
- Egypt condemns the Israeli use of excessive force against unarmed civilians
Sunday
- Mohamed Salah gets votes in Egypt’s presidential election
- Egypt says 6 militants and 2 soldiers killed in Sinai
- Egypt’s FM: Qatar’s counterterrorism policies are inconsistent with Arab consensus
- Egyptian pound remains stable against US dollar Sunday
- Egypt’s Court of Cassation upholds death sentence in killing of Alexandria Coptic liquor store owner
- FAA extends security notice for flights over Egypt’s Sinai
Good reports
- Sisi’s balance sheet. Osman El-Sharnoubi
- Egypt’s economic reforms and security push pay off. Ahmed Feteha
- Polling stations grant women places to express. Fatma Lotfi
- Counterterrorism in Sisi’s 1st term: Progress despite clinging to tradition. Omar Said
- In survival mode, Egypt’s last permitted last permitted Islamist back Sisi. Nadine Awadalla
- Why is there low youth turnout in the 2018 presidential elections? Hend El-Behary
- After Egypt’s 2018 presidential elections: Hurdles to cross. Gamal Essam El-Din
Good Read
- With Freedom and Justice for Sisi: The arc of Egypt’s history is flat, and it bends towards autocracy. Steven Cook
- Sisi’s control of Egypt is absolute. A. Hellyer
From Twitter
Video
- Egyptians are coming to vote at my polling station despite poor weather: Supervising judge
- Egyptians rejoice in dance at election polling stations
Plus
- Egyptian singer Tamer Hosni gave his first concert in Saudi Arabia
Nervana 
Reblogged this on Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News.
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