Islamist Candidate Mohammed Morsi Wins Egyptian Election
Cairo, Egypt: June 24, 2012 The news has just broken that the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi is the winner of Egypt’s presidential poll. This is the first time that an Islamist is taking the reins of power, this is the first president to be announced in the post-Mubarak period. The crowd here is erupting in [...]
Protests Erupt in Egypt as Mubarak Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
Protests erupted in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the symbolic epicenter of the 2011 Egyptian revolution, following Saturday’s announcementthat deposed President Hosni Mubarak would be sentenced to life in prison for his role in the killing of nearly 900 civilians. Mubarak, who was being tried alongside his two sons, six security officers and his former [...]
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Allegations of Widespread Fraud in Egyptian Elections
Following the release of the official results of the first round of the post-Mubarak Egyptian elections, allegations of fraud are rampant on the ground. Next month’s second round run-off election between Mohammed Morsi, a Muslim Brotherhood candidate, and Ahmed Shafik, an old guard general and hold over from the Mubarak regime, has been described as [...]
