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France 24
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Sharon GAFFNEY

Egypt presidential election: Opponents under pressure ahead of December vote

MIDDLE EAST MATTERS © FRANCE 24

The ballot hadn't been expected until spring next year. But Egypt's National Election Authority announced this week that the country would be holding its presidential vote in December, amid its worst-ever economic crisis. The vote is already fraught with accusations of repression. Human rights groups say at least 35 opposition supporters have been arrested in recent months. Our Cairo correspondent Eduard Cousin tells us more.

In north-western Syria, children are going back to school this month. But in some regions, such as Idlib province, education is a luxury that many families can no longer afford. Displaced by war, half the population in the rebel-held area is living in abject poverty in crowded refugee camps. We take a closer look.

Finally, in Iraq, water scarcity has already displaced thousands. With temperatures rising and river levels falling, lives are increasingly at risk as industrial, chemical, medical and biological waste flows untreated into the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates. Our correspondent Marie-Charlotte Roupie reports.

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