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Rare protests in Egypt call for el-Sissi to step down

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Rare anti-government protests broke out in Egypt Friday calling on President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to step down.

 

The former army general has overseen an unprecedented political crackdown, silencing critics and jailing thousands. El-Sissi came to power with the military's ouster of an elected but divisive Islamist president in 2013, amid mass protests against his one-year-rule.

 

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