the Sphynx Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/the-sphynx/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 24 Feb 2020 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 the Sphynx Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/the-sphynx/ 32 32 Deposed President Hosni Mubarak dies in an Egyptian military hospital https://jjcornish.com/2020/02/deposed-president-hosni-mubarak-dies-in-an-egyptian-military-hospital/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2020/02/deposed-president-hosni-mubarak-dies-in-an-egyptian-military-hospital/ Hosni Mubarak, overthrown as Egypt’s President in the  Arab spring of 2011 has died in Cairo, He was 91. He succeeded assassinated President Anwar Sadat and led Egypt for 30 years. Hosni Mubarak spent years in court after being deposed as Egypt’s fourth president. He was found guilty of complicity in killing protestors during the […]

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]]> Hosni Mubarak, overthrown as Egypt’s President in the  Arab spring of 2011 has died in Cairo, He was 91.

He succeeded assassinated President Anwar Sadat and led Egypt for 30 years.

Hosni Mubarak spent years in court after being deposed as Egypt’s fourth president.

He was found guilty of complicity in killing protestors during the Arab spring revolution but that conviction was overturned and he was freed in 2017.

The former air force commander was often likened to the Sphinx  but he was brought down by the poverty, corruption and repressive police tactics that marked his rule.

He underwent surgery last month and appeared to have recovered when he was photographed with his grandson.

Egyptian state news has confirmed his death in a military hospital.

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