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CAIRO — From his residence in the UAE, one of Egypt’s staunch allies, former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq announced Nov. 29 that he will run in Egypt’s presidential elections in 2018. Reuters reported Dec. 2 that Shafiq had been “arrested at his home in the United Arab Emirates and is being deported to Egypt.”
On Dec. 3, his daughter May Ahmed Shafiq told Masrawy in an interview, “[His] mobile phones have been shut down ever since his arrival in Egypt. No one knows anything about him. He did not go home. The family members are looking for him everywhere but to no avail.”
