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Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned Egyptians not to expect miracles (Pic: EPA)

Sisi announces candidacy for Egypt election

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the Egyptian general who ousted his country's first freely-elected leader, has declared his candidacy for a presidential election he is expected to win easily.

News • 26 Mar 14

The death sentences are a sharp escalation of a crackdown on the movement

Hundreds of Egyptians sentenced to death

An Egyptian court has sentenced 529 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death on charges including murder, a defence lawyer said.

News • 24 Mar 14

Militants have launched scores of attacks on security forces since the army overthrew Mohammed Mursi in July

Six soldiers shot dead in Cairo

Gunmen opened fire on a checkpoint in Cairo this morning, killing five Egyptian soldiers, state television reported.

News • 15 Mar 14

All activities of Hamas have been banned in Egypt after court ruling

Egyptian court bans Hamas activities in Egypt

An Egyptian court has banned all activities of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Egypt.

News • 04 Mar 14

Two policemen Mahmoud Salah (L) and Awad Ismael (R) stand inside a court cage during their trial

Egyptian policemen sentenced over blogger's death

Two Egyptian policemen were sentenced to ten years in prison for torturing an activist to death in 2010 in an incident that became one of the triggers for the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.

News • 03 Mar 14

Army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to run for president

Egypt's army-backed government resigns

Egypt's military-backed government has resigned, state-run Al Ahram said in a report confirmed by an Egyptian official.

News • 24 Feb 14

Mr Mursi's legal team protested they could not hear their client speak from inside a soundproof glass cage

Mursi's lawyers withdraw in protest at his case

Lawyers for deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi withdrew in protest after he appeared in court today.

News • 16 Feb 14

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is to run for the Egyptian presidency

Egyptian army chief to run for presidency

Egyptian army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who deposed the country's first freely elected leader, has said he will run for president, a Kuwaiti newspaper has reported.

News • 06 Feb 14

Mohammed Mursi faces four separate trials

Mursi murder trial adjourned in Cairo

A Cairo court adjourned the trial which sees Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Mursi accused of inciting the killing of protesters.

News • 02 Feb 14

Security is tight in Cairo as Mr Mursi's trial gets under way

Gunmen kill Egyptian general in Cairo

A top Interior Ministry official has been killed in the Egyptian capital of Cairo.

News • 28 Jan 14

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has calculated he can win the votes of Mohammed Mursi supporters (Pic: EPA)

Egypt's Sisi poised to announce presidency bid

Egypt's top military council has given army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi a green light to run for president.

News • 27 Jan 14

Announcement on elections is welcomed following months of unrest

Egypt to hold presidential elections

Egypt will hold a presidential poll this year before parliamentary elections, interim president Adly Mansour said in a move seen to benefit army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

News • 27 Jan 14

Security forces fired teargas and some fired automatic weapons in the air

29 killed in Egyptian anti-government marches

29 people were killed during anti-government marches while thousands rallied in support of the army-led authorities.

News • 26 Jan 14

Egyptian security forces are deployed following the blast (Pic: EPA)

Six killed in Cairo explosions

A wave of bomb attacks across Cairo have killed six people and raised fears that an Islamist insurgency is gaining pace.

News • 24 Jan 14

Amnesty said Egyptian authorities 'quash dissent and trample on human rights' with mass arrests

Amnesty: Egypt trampling on human rights

Egypt has seen state violence on an "unprecedented scale" since the army deposed Islamist president Mohammed Mursi last July following mass protests against his rule, Amnesty International has said in a report.

News • 23 Jan 14

Catherine Ashton noted in her statement that turnout was officially recorded at under 40%

EU approves passing of Egypt's referendum

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has voiced approval of Egypt's referendum on a new constitution, but said she expected it to usher in civilian leadership.

News • 20 Jan 14

The turnout in Egypt's constitutional referendum "reached 38.6%," higher than that in a 2012 referendum under ousted president Mohammed Mursi, the electoral chief said at a press conference

Egyptian constitution referendum passed

More than 98% of Egyptians backed a new constitution in a referendum, the turnout was lower than some officials had predicted, with just over a third of the electorate taking part.

News • 19 Jan 14

Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood supporters throw stones at voters outside a polling station

Polls close in Egypt after draft constitution vote

Polls across Egypt have closed after a second and final day of voting on a draft constitution that could pave the way for a presidential bid by army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

News • 15 Jan 14

The vote was the first since the military toppled president Mohamed Mursi

Five killed in Egypt in polling day violence

At least five people were killed in confrontations between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and police, as Egypt went to the polls.

News • 14 Jan 14

Soldiers standing guard at a polling station ahead of the vote

Egyptians go to the polls on new constitution

Egyptians began voting this morning in a constitutional referendum, the first ballot since the military overthrew Islamist president Mohammed Mursi.

News • 14 Jan 14

Mohammed Mursi's supporters have held numerous protests since he was removed from power

Weather delays Mursi trial until next month

An Egyptian court has adjourned the murder trial of deposed president Mohammed Mursi to 1 February, citing "weather conditions" that prevented Mr Mursi's transport to court from his prison.

News • 08 Jan 14

There have been almost daily protests since the ousting of Mohammed Mursi

11 killed in Egyptian protests

Eleven people were shot dead as supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood clashed with police across.

News • 03 Jan 14

Egypt has faced some of its worst violence in decades in recent months

Al Jazeera journalists arrested in Egypt

Al Jazeera has said Egyptian security forces have arrested three of its journalists.

News • 30 Dec 13

Hundreds of Mursi supporters have been killed in the crackdown

Muslim Brotherhood listed 'terrorist group'

The Egyptian government has intensified its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, formally listing the group as a terrorist organisation.

News • 25 Dec 13

The army said the blast was caused by a car bomb

Mursi's ex-prime minister arrested

Egyptian security forces have arrested the former prime minister of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi who was sentenced to one year in jail for failing to implement a court ruling to renationalise a textile firm.

News • 24 Dec 13

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