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President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has tasked Saturday Sherif Ismail – the oil minister in the Ibrahim Mahlab’s outgoing government – to form a new cabinet within a week.
Agriculture Minister Salah El-Din Helal was detained Monday after tendering his resignation amid an investigation into allegations that he and others received over US$1 million in bribes.
Sisi routinely emphasizes that he is fighting corruption.
