Chad investigates attack on presidential compound that left 18 dead
Chad’s government has launched an investigation after a group of 24 armed assailants attempted to storm the presidential compound
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will be sworn in on Tuesday for a third consecutive term in the new capital being built outside Cairo, the government newspaper Al-Ahram confirmed Monday.
In power for over a decade, Sisi "will take the oath of office on the
constitution Tuesday in the new parliament premises in the administrative capital", east of Cairo, Al-Ahram said.
Officially, the 69-year-old Sisi will begin his term on Wednesday, more
than three months after he was reelected with 89.6 percent of the vote against three largely-unknown candidates.
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