Egypt announces 3-month state of emergency

AKIPRESS.COM - Egyptian authorities renewed a nationwide state of emergency for three months and imposed a curfew in parts of northern Sinai close to Israel and Gaza, according to a decree published in the official newspaper. Egypt has imposed a state of emergency to combat Islamist militants in recent years, Bloomberg reports.
Before the 2011 uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt had long stretches of emergency rule.