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Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is set to officially commence his third term in the headquarters of the presidential palace in the New Administrative Capital on Tuesday following a swearing-in ceremony at the lower house of the parliament. Sisi’s inauguration will mark the opening of the first phase of the controversial mega project of the new capital, local news outlets reported on Sunday. The move comes amid, arguably, the toughest economic crisis the North African country has ever sustained in modern history and widespread criticism of public spending on white elephant projects inclu…

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