EGYPT-POLITICS-PROTEST

A policeman stops traffic traversing the roundabout in the Egyptian capital Cairo's central Tahrir Square on September 21, 2019. - Protests erupted late on September 20 in Cairo and other Egyptian cities calling for the removal of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in a rare show of dissent quickly quashed by authorities. After overnight clashes with the protesters, security forces the following day maintained tight control of Tahrir Square -- the epicentre of the 2011 revolution that unseated long-time autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Protests have been effectively banned in the country under a 2013 law, and a state of emergency is still in full effect. (Photo by Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP) (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP via Getty Images)