Egypt's President Sisi ends state of emergency in the country four years after church bombings
The state of emergency granted Egyptian authorities sweeping powers to make arrests and crackdown on what they call enemies of the state.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi has ended the state of emergency in the country for the first time in years. "I decided for the first time in years to cancel the extension of the state of emergency throughout the country," Sisi said on Facebook late on Monday. "I am glad that we share together the moment that we have long sought with struggle and hard work. Egypt has become, thanks to its great people and loyal men, an oasis of security and stability in the region," he added.On April 10, 2017, the Egyptian parliament approved declaring a state of emergency for three months to "confront the dangers of terrorism” in response to bombings that targeted two churches in the north of the country, killing at least 45 people.
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