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Nadia MASSIH

Sisi's decade in power: Egyptians struggle under authoritarian rule

MIDDLE EAST MATTERS © FRANCE 24

Ten years ago this week, Egypt's first democratically elected president was ousted in a coup d'état. Mohamed Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, was propelled to power by the Arab Spring. His dramatic fall was orchestrated by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a military general who promised to bring stability to Egypt. A decade later, the country's economy is in dire straits and Sisi rules with an iron fist. We bring you a report from our Cairo correspondents and speak to Koert Debeuf, professor of Middle East politics at Brussels University.

Meanwhile, thousands of Palestinians have fled Jenin refugee camp amid the largest Israeli military operation in years in the occupied West Bank. Medics have struggled to reach those injured.

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