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Egyptian TV presenter Sarah Khalifa sentenced to death in drug case AFRICA Sarah Khalifa, a well-known Egyptian TV presenter, has been sentenced to death for her involvement in a drug ring, state media reported over the weekend. Eleven others were also convicted in the case and handed a death sentence. Khalifa is best known for her program “Mission Impossible”. An Egyptian court sentenced a well-known television presenter and 11 others to death for manufacturing and trafficking narcotics in a sprawling drugs case, official media reported on Saturday. The presenter, Sarah Khalifa, 39, is best known for her program “Mission Impossible”, which dealt with issues concerning security and crime. The state-linked Al-Ahram newspaper said a Cairo court sentenced “Khalifa and 11 other defendants to death by hanging on charges of forming an organised criminal gang specialising in procuring materials used in manufacturing narcotics, with the intent to traffic them, and possessing and carrying unlicensed firearms and ammunition”. The verdict came after the court consulted the Grand Mufti of Egypt for his religious opinion, a procedure required by Egyptian law in capital cases. TV presenter among 12 sentenced to death in Egypt drugs case Egyptian television presenter Sarah Khalifa and 11 other people have been sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted of drugs charges. Egyptian TV presenter sentenced to death on drug charges Egyptian TV presenter Sarah Khalifa was among 12 people sentenced to death for their alleged role in a drug trafficking network on Saturday, according to a state-owned Egyptian outlet. The 12 defendants, including Khalifa, were sentenced to death by hanging and fined 500,000 Egyptian pounds ($9,800) by Cairo’s Criminal Court, the al-Ahram newspaper reported. They were accused of forming an organized criminal gang “specializing in importing substances used in the manufacture of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking,” as well as possessing firearms without a license, al-Ahram said. Nine others were sentenced to life imprisonment and seven were acquitted CNN has contacted her attorney for comment. She wept during the sentencing, asking for “mercy and humanity,” a video circulating on social media appeared to show. CNN was unable to independently verify the footage. “I have never smoked a cigarette in my life,” she could be heard saying. “I swear to Almighty God, with the strongest oath, that I have been wronged.” Prosecutors said the network imported products required for synthetic drug production from abroad, with different individuals responsible for different stages of the process. They said they seized 750 kilograms of synthetic narcotics and other raw materials from a residential property where the defendants allegedly stored and made the drugs. Their case was built on testimony from 20 witnesses, as well as conversations, photographs and video footage, they added. Egypt issued 492 death sentences in 2025, one of the highest recorded rates in the world, according to Amnesty International. The country executed 23 #galkacyo #egypt #muqdishotiktok #garowe #somaliland bosaso garowe galkacyo