A presidential election has begun in Egypt amid a repressive political climate and socioeconomic stagnation and is widely expected to result in another improbable victory for Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
The first phase of voting that lasted for three days concluded at Egyptian missions' buildings abroad and the ballots were counted, verified and transferred to the electoral commission via the Foreign Ministry, it said.
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