Opposition withdraws, giving Egypt's Sisi clear run to presidency

Egypt's Presidential candidate and human rights lawyer Khaled Ali announces his withdrawal from the 2018 presidential election race, during a conference at his office in Cairo, Egypt,(Photo: Reuters)

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s last main challenger for the presidency pulled out on Wednesday, saying any hope of a new start for Egypt had ended in a race that is all but certain to deliver the leader a second landslide.

Former military commander Sisi was elected in 2014, a year after he led the army to oust Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.