Thousands of protesters have marched in major cities across Egypt late Friday demanding the resignation of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
Videos posted on social media showed demonstrators chanting "rise up, fear not, Sisi must go" and "the people demand the regime’s fall".
According to Al Jazeera, the demonstrations came after self-exiled Egyptian businessman and actor Mohamed Ali accused President el-Sisi of corruption and called on people to take to the streets and demand the leader be removed.
Officers in civilian uniforms confronted the demonstrators who tried approaching Tahrir Square in Cairo, and there were reports of arrests made in the capital.
In 2013, Mr Sisi led the military's overthrow of Egypt's first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, following protests against his rule.
Since then, he has overseen what human rights groups say is an unprecedented crackdown on dissent that has led to the detention of tens of thousands of people.
