Egypt prepares for ‘Putinesque’ presidential election

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has just one challenger after other candidates were arrested or forced to drop out

Egypt election
Campaign billboards for Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
(Image credit: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images)

Voters in Egypt will head to the polls next week in a presidential election that has been widely dismissed as a farce.

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