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Egypt's Sisi running for president

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Mathias DreissigMarch 27, 2014

Egyptian military commander Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is officially running for president. The country's top officer has long expressed higher political ambitions, and many Egyptians welcome his candidacy as an opportuniity for a return to stability. But opponents, especially the banned Muslim Brotherhood, fear the country has already begun sliding back into a dictatorship.

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