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Outgoing irrigation head named new Egyptian prime minister
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi named outgoing irrigation minister Hisham Qandil on Tuesday as the country’s new prime minister and tasked him with forming a cabinet, state television announced. The appointment comes 25 days after Morsi was sworn in as Egypt’s first civilian and freely elected head of state to replace…
Egypt’s prosecutor orders Mubarak back to prison
Egypt’s prosecutor general on Monday ordered convicted former strongman Hosni Mubarak back to prison nearly a month after he was moved to a military hospital in Cairo after reportedly suffering a stroke. Abdel Meguid Mahmud “has issued an order to transfer former president Hosni Mubarak from the Maadi Armed Forces…
Egypt’s Morsi vows to be ‘servant of the people’
Mohamed Morsi took the oath of office on Saturday to become Egypt’s first Islamist president and its first elected head of state since the revolt that overthrew Hosni Mubarak overthrow last year. The ceremony took place in the constitutional court rather than parliament, the result of an ongoing tussle with…
Egypt’s Morsi in Tahrir tribute before oath
Egypt’s first elected civilian president, Islamist Mohamed Morsi, played up people power ahead of Saturday’s actual inauguration by first taking a symbolic oath before a huge throng at Tahrir Square. On the eve of his official swearing-in, Morsi praised Egypt’s Muslims and Christians alike Friday in front of crowds that…
More protests planned against Egypt military ‘coup’
Egypt’s political forces have called for more protests on Friday against the ruling military’s power grab, as the nation nervously awaits the results of the first post-Mubarak presidential election. Hundreds of people spent the night in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, with more protests planned for Friday afternoon, the Muslim Brotherhood and…
Egypt on edge as election results delayed
Egypt was on edge Thursday after the Muslim Brotherhood declared an open-ended protest and warned of “confrontation” unless their candidate is named new president to succeed toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak. The delay in announcing the results, due Thursday, of the June 16-17 presidential vote heightened the Brotherhood’s fears of a…
Egypt delays poll results, Mubarak still in coma
Egypt’s election commission delayed the announcement of presidential results scheduled for Thursday, as tension spiked over who will succeed ailing ousted president Hosni Mubarak after moves by the ruling military to extend powers. “Egypt’s election commission, headed by Judge Faruq Sultan… has decided to delay the announcement of the presidential…
Egypt’s Mubarak in coma after stroke: sources
gypt’s Hosni Mubarak was in a coma on life support at a Cairo hospital after suffering a stroke in prison, medical and military sources told AFP on Wednesday, denying reports he was clinically dead. The uncertainty over the health of the ousted leader came against the backdrop of new tension…
Egypt votes on final day of presidential election
CAIRO — Egyptians were voting Sunday on the last day of a highly divisive presidential run-off between an Islamist and Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister, amid moves by the army to consolidate its power ahead of the final results. Former air force chief Ahmed Shafiq, who served as ex-president Mubarak’s…
Egyptians choose new president amid political chaos
Egyptians were voting on Saturday in a run-off presidential election between an Islamist and ousted leader Hosni Mubarak’s last premier amid political chaos highlighted by uncertainty over what powers the winner will have. Some 50 million Egyptians are eligible to cast ballots in the two-day poll, which sees Ahmed Shafiq…
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