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President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. (Andrew Caballero Reynolds/Pool/Reuters)

Egyptians overwhelmingly approve changes extending Sisi’s rule

Egyptian voters have overwhelmingly backed constitutional changes that could see President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s rule extended to 2030

A supporter of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi defiantly wears his photo on top of the Egyptian flag.

Landslide victory awaits Sisi in Egyptian poll

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the ex-army chief who ousted Mohamed Morsi, is set for a landslide presidential election win on Tuesday.

A May report by the United Nations said poverty and food insecurity had jumped in Egypt over the past three years.

Arab Spring failure to grow Egypt economy helped ignite the Morsi uprising

The rage that helped topple Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi was nurtured by a failure to deliver the green shoots of economic recovery.

Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi greets US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before a meeting at the Ministry of Defence on July 15 in Cairo.

US seeks to build new relationship with Egypt

Hillary Clinton’s demand to Egypt’s military was simple: Work with new Islamist leaders on a full transition to civilian rule.

Egypt’s president

Egypt’s Morsi opens his palace gates to citizens

Hundreds of Egyptians have made their way to the presidential palace in Cairo to air their grievances to their new leader, President Mohamed Morsi.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi

Morsi calls for an end to the bloodshed in Syria

Newly elected president Mohamed Morsi has shown his support for Palestinians in Syria, saying Egypt will support them until they regain their rights.

Egypt’s new president-elect

Mohammed Morsi to be sworn in as president of Egypt

Egyptian president-elect Mohammed Morsi is set to be sworn in on Saturday as the country’s first freely elected civilian president.

For the man representing the Muslim Brotherhood

Brotherhood win is the better outcome of two extremes

Victory for Mohamed Morsi in Egypt’s presidential race is a landmark in a dramatic post-revolutionary transition, writes Ian Black.

Egypt’s president moves cautiously

Mohamed Morsi won’t make drastic foreign policy changes – his biggest challenge lies at home, writes Ian Black.

Egypt’s new president-elect

Morsi seeks to calm Egypt’s fears over Muslim leadership

Egypt’s president-elect says he will appoint a woman and a Coptic Christian as his deputies, as he allays concerns about the Muslim Brotherhood.

Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi.

Morsi to ‘reconsider’ Egypt’s deal with Israel

Egypt’s president-elect wants to "reconsider" its peace deal with Israel and build ties with Iran to "create a strategic balance" in the Middle East.

Islamist Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood has been declared Egypt’s first democratic president by the state election committee.

Islamist Morsi declared Egypt’s president-elect

Islamist Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood has been declared Egypt’s first democratic president by the state election committee.

Five hundred days after they overthrew Hosni Mubarak

Egyptians don’t care about Hosni Mubarak’s health scares

Mubarak might be on his back but his regime is very much on its legs, upright and determined to crush our revolution.

Men play music as thousands of Egyptian supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi gather nearby during a rally in Cairo’s Tahrir Square.

Thousands flood Tahrir Square in protest as Egypt awaits results

Protesters filled Cairo’s Tahrir Square for Friday prayers as Egypt’s presidential candidates accused each other of trying to steal elections.

Egyptian supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood dance during a demonstration in Cairo’s Tahrir square.

Egypt on edge as election results delayed

Egypt is braced for a showdown between the military and the Muslim Brotherhood as the electoral commission delayed announcing the election winner.

Egyptians protest against the verdicts handed down in ex-president Hosni Mubarak’s murder trial in Cairo’s landmark Tahrir Square.

Egypt’s Mubarak ‘not clinically dead’ after stroke

Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak is in a coma on life support in Cairo after suffering a stroke in prison, but officials deny reports that he is clinically dead.

An Egyptian woman casts her vote at a polling station during the second day of the presidential runoff election in Alexandria

Muslim Brotherhood claims victory in Egypt polls

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has claimed a historic victory for Mohammed Mursi in the country’s first presidential election since a 2011 uprising.

Egypt tenses for new president

Egyptians must decide between Ahmed Shafik, the last prime minister of Hosni Mubarak, or Mohamed Morsy, a United States-educated engineer.

Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi has promised that an Egypt under his leadership would be inclusive and vowed to defend the goals of last year’s uprisings.

Egypt polarised as country goes to the polls

Polls opened Saturday in the second round of a divisive election to choose a successor for ousted president Hosni Mubarak.

Egypt’s ex-President Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison on Saturday for his role in the killing of protesters during last year’s revolution that forced him from power.

Hundreds protest Mubarak verdicts in Tahrir

Hundreds of demonstrators have occupied Cairo’s Tahrir Square in protest against sentences handed down to Hosni Mubarak and his security chiefs.