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Egypt leader berates 'Kiki challenge' participants in jest

Egypt's president has laughingly berated Egyptians participating in an online dance challenge in response to the so-called "Kiki challenge" to a song by Canadian singer Drake.

Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi's light-hearted mention on Sunday of the dance challenge contrasts with a report last week by Egypt's official news agency warning that penalties awaited participants in the challenge for endangering lives and violating public decency and traffic laws.

"You keep riding cars and doing Kiki," al-Sisi said as he uncontrollably laughed. Turning to the oil minister, he jokingly said: "Raise the price of petrol without a worry." Al-Sisi's government has hiked fuel prices three times since 2016.

The challenge unleashed a social media buzz, with video postings of film stars and sports celebrities dancing alongside slow moving cars going viral.

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