The armed forces have been a central political player and the real locus of power in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, and Sudan for the past 60 years.

Much of the focus on the Egyptian constitutional amendments ratified on April 20-22 has been on those allowing President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to stay in power for an additional eight years and gain full control over the judicial branch. However, little attention has been paid to the amendments affecting the …

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has warned of the army’s involvement in politics, recalling the Algerian experience which led to the death of thousands, the New Khaleej reported yesterday.

Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday appointed a senior army officer as the country’s new transport minister, replacing his predecessor Hisham Arafat who resigned in February after the recent train crash in Cairo’s main station.

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi vowed to hold those responsible for the deadly Cairo Railway Station accident, which killed 22 people and injured 40 others, adding that the armed forces as well as other state institutions will cooperate in order to develop the railway system in Egypt.

Among the proposed amendments to Egypt’s Constitution currently making their way through Parliament is an unprecedented change to the defined role of the Armed Forces in the country. In all nine constitutions* since Egypt’s first in 1882, the military’s role was limited to a single task: protecting the country and …

Approximately 26 of the 156 defendants sentenced to prison by a military court last week were minors at their time of their arrest in 2014, lawyer Ahmed Saad told Mada Masr.

On February 3, Egyptian parliamentarians from Tahya Misr (“Support Egypt”), a coalition supporting President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi that comprises one-fifth of parliament, submitted a proposal to amend the Egyptian constitution. Two days later, the General Committee accepted the proposed amendments, a preliminary step that opens the way for a parliamentary …

A divided government with ballooning defense budgets pursuing a nationalist agenda. A president responding to growing public distrust by wrapping himself in the military’s popular legitimacy. The militarization of the upper echelons of decisionmaking. This describes Egypt under President ‘Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi.

On Tuesday, a Cairo military appellate court accepted to review appeals submitted by two men to overturn death sentences issued against them in 2016, in the latest development of an ongoing case that has sparked controversy in Egypt and overseas. A hearing to review the appeals has been scheduled for …