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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi proposes a temporary two-day ceasefire in Gaza to exchange four Israeli hostages for several Palestinian prisoners.
2024-10-27

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi receives his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
2021-04-25

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announces that the country will begin vaccinations tomorrow. Medical staff will be the first to receive the vaccine.
2021-01-23

Citizens of Egypt head to the polls to elect 200 members of the newly created senate. The new upper house of the parliament will be an advisory body only and is expected to be dominated by supporters of president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
2020-08-11

Egyptians vote on a number of amendments to the Constitution of Egypt, which, among other things, allow President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to remain in power until 2030, increase the president's powers over Egypt's judiciary, and increase the power of Egypt's military over all other state institutions. The vote takes place over three days from 20 to 22 April.
2019-04-20

The Egyptian parliament approves the transfer of two uninhabited Red Sea islands, Tiran Island and Sanafir Island, to Saudi Arabia.
2017-06-14

A top Egyptian court rules against giving away the two Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia.
2017-01-16

Egypt tries 237 activists, who face jail terms of up to three years, arrested for protesting without permits against President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Thousands demonstrated this month following the Sisi government's decision to hand over two uninhabited islands in the Straits of Tiran to Saudi Arabia. Human Rights Watch says at least 382 had been arrested.
2016-04-30

King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud announces, during his trip to Cairo, that a bridge crossing the Red Sea will be built, linking Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi says the bridge will be named after the Saudi monarch. A Saudi–Egypt Causeway project has been in the works for years.
2016-04-8

Egypt–Saudi Arabia relations: Saudi Arabia shuts its embassy and consulates in Egypt following protests over an Egyptian human rights lawyer Ahmed al-Gizawi being detained in Saudi Arabia.
2012-04-28