Cairo residents, football fans and security forces clashed in Cairo following the Port Said football match disaster. Barbed wire barricades failed to hold back protestors as police fired tear gas rounds into the crowds gathered in front of the Interi…
Crowds gathered in Tahrir Square, Cairo to commemorate the first anniversary of the 25 January Day of Anger marches. The Military Council marked the date with commemorative coins and awards to public officials and has pardoned as many as 3000 prisone…
Electors in Egypt are going to the polls in what are believed to be the first truly democratic elections in many years. The voting process is sure to be long and complicated as 85 million residents make their choices from more than 6000 candidates an…
Government forces are on alert as a huge rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo is expected after Friday prayers. Demonstrators are demanding that parliamentary elections, scheduled for Monday, should be postponed, while other factions are anxious for them …
Peaceful protests in Tahrir Square, Cairo on Friday erupted into violence as running battles with security forces resulted in 11 deaths and hundreds of injuries. Protestors are demanding a swifter end to military control but, with Parliamentary elect…
At least 24 Coptic Christian demonstrators have been killed in Cairo as security forces opened fire on the protesting marchers. 200 have been injured amid the most serious fighting to have erupted since the departure of President Mubarak in the early…
The trial of Egypt's ex President, Hosni Mubarak has started with the main defendent dramatically being wheeled into the courtroom on a stretcher as a result of his heart illness. The ex President is charged with corruption and ordering that protesto…
Egyptian activists are once again occupying Cairo's Tahrir Square where a huge tented city has grown up. Thousands of pro democracy campaigners are maintaining a constant vigil at the landmark until the promised reforms are seen to be under way. The …
Egypt is returning to normal and restrictions to visitors and tourist sites are being relaxed. The night time curfew has been removed and the major cities of Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Suez are getting back to business as usual.
Cairo Museum suffers looting and damage Following the uprising in Cairo, the Egyptian Museum has suffered damage as a result of looting and vandalism. It is reported some important exhibits have been stolen and mummies have been smashed. The Muse…