Two journalists were killed in Cairo on Wednesday as Egyptian forces crushed protests by thousands of supporters of the deposed president, shooting scores of people dead. Television cameraman Mick Deane, 61, worked for Britain’s Sky News. Habiba Ahmed Abd Elaziz, … read more
Egyptian Minister of Interior Mohamed Ibrahim held a press conference Wednesday after the main sit-ins of supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi in Cairo and Giza were cleared. According to Ibrahim, violence nationwide left at least 43 members of the … read more
The death toll from a raid on supporters of Egypt’s deposed Islamist president, Mohamed Mursi, in Cairo and other clashes nationwide has climbed to 149, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The official MENA news agency also quoted a ministry … read more
Egypt has declared a month-long state of emergency after scores of people were killed when security forces stormed protest camps in Cairo. The camps had been occupied by supporters of former president Mohammed Morsi, who was deposed in early July. … read more
Egypt’s interim vice president, Mohamed ElBaradei, resigned on Wednesday after the security forces violently broke up protest camps set up by supporters of the deposed president, Mohamed Mursi, APA reports quoting Reuters. In a resignation letter to Interim President Adly … read more
It is the night of July 3, and on the streets of downtown Cairo thousands are celebrating the ousting of Egypt’s deposed president, Mohamed Morsi. But below ground, in the police booth of Tahrir Square’s metro station, Joanna Joseph is … read more
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle urged supporters of Egypt’s interim government and its ousted president Mohamed Morsi to renounce violence amid a deadly crackdown on protests Wednesday. “We call on all political forces to return immediately to negotiations and avert … read more
Dozens of supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi blocked the road leading to Mostafa Mahmoud Square in Cairo’s Mohandiseen district on Wednesday amid a random firing of gunshots, reported the state-owned news agency. The protesters have set fire to car … read more
The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy has called on “all Egyptian people” to take to the streets “to stop the massacre” after police attacked its two sit-ins in Cairo’s Nahda and Rabaa El-Adaweya squares early on Wednesday. The alliance, an … read more
Supporters of deposed president Mohamed Mursi hit Alexandria’s streets on Wednesday morning to voice their rejection of the security operation to clear out the sit-ins at Cairo’s Rabaa al-Adaweya and Nahda Squares. Pro-Muslim Brotherhood demonstrators swiftly reacted to calls from … read more