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If approved, the amendments would extend Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's current term to six years from four

Egyptians voting on constitutional changes

Egyptians have begun voting on constitutional changes that will potentially allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to stay in office until 2030 and bolster the role of Egypt's powerful military.

World • 20 Apr 19

Jeremy Corbyn gave the four-fingered Rabbi'ah sign on a recent visit to Finsbury Park mosque

Corbyn was 'backing democracy campaigners' with salute

Jeremy Corbyn was showing support for pro-democracy campaigners killed by Egyptian security forces when he used a four-fingered salute during a visit to a mosque, a spokesman for the UK Labour party has said.

UK • 15 Aug 18

Fatima Halawa's Imprisonment Series2 EP3

“For me to be arrested, that was never something that crossed my mind. Ever. Until I was arrested!"

Voices • 31 Oct 16

Mohamed Badie is pictured standing trial in Cairo last year

Egypt sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader to death

An Egyptian court sentenced Mohamed Badie, leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, and 13 other senior members of the group to death for inciting chaos and violence, and gave a life term to a US-Egyptian citizen for ties to the Brotherhood.

News • 11 Apr 15

Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Jordan led protests in November over the arrest of Zaki Bani Rushaid

Muslim Brotherhood leader sentenced in Jordan

A Jordanian security court has sentenced a senior Muslim Brotherhood leader to 18 months in prison for criticising the United Arab Emirates on social media, according to a judicial source.

News • 15 Feb 15

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

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

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

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

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

Egyptian troops keep watch at a checkpoint during the curfew hours in Cairo last August

Egypt to lift state of emergency

Egyptian authorities have moved to end a three-month state of emergency and nightly curfews.

News • 12 Nov 13

A Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Egypt would not 'surrender' to US pressure

US not severing ties with Egypt - Kerry

The decision by the United States to curtail aid to Egypt does not mean Washington is severing ties with the country, Secretary of State John Kerry has said.

News • 10 Oct 13

Tyres burn as protesters take part in clashes with riot police in Cairo

Nine people killed in Egypt as violence continues

Nine people have died, including six Egyptian soldiers, in a fresh series of attacks across the country.

News • 09 Oct 13

The newspaper had tried to promote support for Mohammed Mursi

Egypt shuts down Muslim Brotherhood's newspaper

Egyptian authorities have shut down the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice newspaper in Cairo.

News • 25 Sep 13

Supporters of Mohammed Mursi marching in Alexandria on Friday

Egypt bans all Muslim Brotherhood activities

An Egyptian court has banned the Muslim Brotherhood from carrying out any activities in the country and ordered the seizure of the group's funds.

News • 23 Sep 13

Mohammed Mursi was deposed by the Egyptian army in July

Egyptian govt to dissolve Muslim Brotherhood NGO

Egypt's army-backed government has decided to annul the Muslim Brotherhood's legal registration within days, a newspaper has said.

News • 06 Sep 13

Mohamed Ibrahim said today's attack was 'the beginning'

Egyptian minister survives assassination attempt

Egypt’s interior minister survived an assassination attempt unscathed today when a bomb attack targeted his convoy.

News • 05 Sep 13

Muslim Brotherhood supporters take part in a demonstration in Hilwan, south of Cairo,

Pro-Mursi supporters march in Egypt

Thousands of supporters of Mohammed Mursi marched through Cairo and cities across Egypt in the biggest show of defiance since hundreds of protesters were killed two weeks ago.

News • 30 Aug 13

Former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, pictured during his appearance in court in Egypt today

Muslim Brotherhood leaders, Mubarak in court

Three leaders of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and the movement's former arch-foe Hosni Mubarak faced separate trials today on similar charges of involvement in the killing of protesters.

News • 25 Aug 13

Mohamed Badie (C) had been in hiding since the crackdown against pro-Mursi supporters

Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader arrested

Egyptian authorities have escalated their crackdown on deposed president Mohammed Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood by arresting the organisation's spiritual leader Mohamed Badie.

News • 20 Aug 13

Further protests planned by supporters of ousted president Mohamed Mursi after days of violence in which over 700 die

Egypt authorities consider Muslim Brotherhood ban

Security forces have cleared a Cairo mosque after a gun battle with followers of the Muslim Brotherhood, while Egypt's army-backed government, facing deepening chaos, considered banning the Islamist group.

News • 18 Aug 13

Four siblings from the Halawa family have been caught up in violence in Egypt (left to right) Ibrahim, Fatima, Omaima and Somaia Halawa

Dublin imam's family leaves besieged Cairo mosque

Four Irish citizens, who were among hundreds of people besieged in a Cairo mosque after it was surrounded by Egyptian security forces, have now left the mosque, according to reports.

News • 18 Aug 13

Several thousand Brotherhood supporters marched through downtown this afternoon

Dozens killed in Egypt's 'day of rage'

Muslim Brotherhood protests plunged into violence across Egypt today, with around 50 killed in Cairo alone on a "Day of Rage".

News • 16 Aug 13