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City of pain: Celebrations in Cairo after Hosni Mubarak was ousted in 2011. (Mahmoud Khaled/AFP)

The city wins — but Egypt loses

A novel inspired by Arab Spring activists is brutally honest about what happened — and what keeps happening

Not too long ago, South Africa was beloved by the rest of Africa. Now we are reviled — and we have only ourselves to blame. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

The shame of being a South African in the rest of Africa

Once upon a time, being a South African in the rest of Africa was a get-out-of-jail-free card. Now we are viewed with anger. And we deserve it

Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to three years in prison on corruption charges

Egypt’s prosecutor fights dropping of Mubarak charges

Egypt’s public prosecutor is appealing the dropping of a murder charge against ex-president Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of protesters.

Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to three years in prison on corruption charges

Egypt court sentences Mubarak to three years for graft

Deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to three years in prison on corruption charges.

Ethnic vendettas are common in the rural and poor south

Ethnic conflict in Egypt leaves several dead

Clashes between the Bani Hilal group and Nubian villagers in Egypt have left at least 15 people dead, prompting police to send in reinforcements.

The Museum of Islmic Art in Cairo

UNESCO to help restore Islamic museum in Cairo

Unesco has expressed shock and concern after seeing the destruction caused by a bomb blast at a Cairo-based museum dedicated to Islamic history.

Egypt uprising anniversary marred by clashes

Clashes in Egypt have led to the death of 49 people during rival rallies on the third anniversary of the 2011 revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak.

An army and police supporter throws a Molotov cocktail back at Muslim Brotherhood supporting Al-Azhar University students outside the Cairo campus.

Student killed in Muslim Brotherhood clash with Cairo police

One student is dead and scores have been arrested amid clashes between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and Egyptian police at a Cairo university campus.

Long jail terms for Egypt’s pro-Morsi protesters

A group of 12 supporters of overthrown president Mohamed Morsi have been sentenced to 17 years in prison for taking part in a violent protest.

Deposed Egypt president Mohamed Morsi. (Reuters)

Egypt’s Morsi says he was kidnapped before being deposed

Former Egypt president Mohamed Morsi says he was kidnapped by the Republican Guard the day before the army announced his removal.

Egypt resurrects Mubarak’s might

The security apparatus has survived Mohamed Morsi, and is more powerful – and aggressive – than ever.

The latest violence comes ahead of January 14-15 referendum on a draft constituion.

Photojournalist to return to SA after Egypt deportation

Photojournalist Adil Bradlow, who was deported from Egypt for filming without accreditation, is expected to arrive in South Africa on Tuesday morning.

Egypt’s future looks utterly bleak

The Egyptian state seems unwilling to rein in its onslaught and the Muslim Brotherhood is unlikely to curtail its street presence.

Egypt’s former vice-president Mohamed ElBaradei. (AP)

Egypt’s ElBaradei faces court for ‘betrayal of trust’

Mohamed ElBaradei, Egypt’s former vice-president, will be sued for a "betrayal of trust" over his decision to quit the army-backed government.

Egyptians, soldiers and policemen gather outside Cairo’s Al-Fath mosque on August 17. (AFP)

Egypt’s Cabinet to debate fate of Brotherhood

Egypt’s deputy prime minister will propose a way out of a bloody confrontation between the security forces and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Egypt mulls Brotherhood ban

Security forces cleared a Cairo mosque after a gunbattle on Saturday, while Egypt’s government considered banning the Muslim Brotherhood.

With Egypt in chaos, Mubarak misses court session

The retrial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on charges of conspiracy to kill protesters convened in the absence of the deposed autocrat.

Defeat: A man walks between lines of bodies at a makeshift morgue in Cairo. (Mahmoud Khaled/AFP)

‘Later, they set fire to the hospital’

Egypt’s military has been brutally thorough in its crackdown on the deposed president’s supporters.

Nationwide violence erupted after security forces broke up Cairo protest camps set up by supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi. (AFP)

Pressure steps up on US to end its $1.3bn aid to Egypt

Despite global criticism of Egypt’s security crackdown on protesters, the US has not pledged to put a ban on its $1.3-billion in annual aid to Egypt.

Blood and chaos on Egypt’s streets

Egyptian security forces have crushed a protest camp of thousands of supporters of the deposed president, shooting dead scores of people.