Sisi runs for 2018 presidential election

CAIRO – 19 January 2018: In a televised speech President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced on Friday he is running for the upcoming 2018 presidential election.

The Egyptian leader’s announcement came during the last session of the "Tale of a Homeland" conference.

President Sisi took office in 2014 after protesters toppled Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated ex-President Mohamed Morsy in 2013.