Presidential hopeful arrested in Egypt ahead of March election

Egypt’s military has arrested former military chief of staff and presidential hopeful Sami Annan, levelling an array of serious allegations against him in what appears to be a calculated move by the armed forces and the incumbent to push him out of the race.

Egypt’s military has arrested former military chief of staff and presidential hopeful Sami Annan, levelling an array of serious allegations against him in what appears to be a calculated move by the armed forces and the incumbent to push him out of the race.

With his bid to win the presidency now all but dead, Mr Annan becomes the latest presidential hopeful to be driven out of the race in an election virtually certain to be won by another graduate of Egypt’s powerful military establishment, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.