The Economist
For one thing, a win for his rival, Ahmed Shafiq, a former air-force commander who was the last prime minister of the fallen president, Hosni Mubarak, would have tipped power entirely into the hands of what many Egyptians regard as the forces of...
The Economist
Grizzly-bearded, baggy-suited and humble in manner, Muhammad Morsi, Egypt's new head of state, fits the bill. His career typifies Egypt's 80-year-old Muslim Brotherhood, many of whose leaders have been similarly upwardly-mobile professionals of...
United Press International
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohamed ElBaradei isn't a candidate for the new government of President-elect Mohamed Morsi, his campaign said. Morsi, the candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, was declared the winner of a...
Africa Headlines
Dersso, 28 June 2012 analysis It was with a great sigh of relief that the announcement of the official results of the presidential elections in Egypt was received both within and outside Egypt. On Sunday 24 June 2012, the leader of the Muslim...
The Daily Star
Egypt's presidency planned to reveal on Thursday how Islamist President-elect Mohamed Mursi would be sworn in at the weekend in a ceremony whose symbolism the Muslim Brotherhood and interim military rulers have both struggled to shape. With the oath-...
NOW Lebanon
The Council of Europe on Thursday expressed its concern over the "obstacles" threatening democracy in Egypt, which will swear in its first civilian president this Saturday...But, it cautioned, Morsi "will first have to face the challenge of...