Sourced: Middle East Eye
Egypt extended its nationwide state of emergency for three months from 14 April, the official gazette said early Saturday.
Egypt first imposed the current state of emergency in April 2017 after two church bombings killed at least 45 people. It was extended in July and again in October, then in January.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a decree on Saturday to extend the curfew already in place with a new declaration.
The latest extension was to allow security forces to “take [measures] necessary to confront the dangers and funding of terrorism and safeguard security in all parts of the country,” the official gazette said.
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