Egypt Violence

Five die in Christian-Muslim clashes in Egypt

Reuters | Sunday April 7, 2013

Five Egyptians were killed and eight wounded in clashes between Christians and Muslims in a town near Cairo, security sources said on Saturday, in the latest sectarian violence in the most populous Arab state.

Egypt court confirms soccer riot death sentences

Associated Press | Saturday March 9, 2013

Many residents of Port Said, which is located on the Mediterranean at the northern tip of the Suez Canal, have seen the trial as unjust and politicized, and soccer fans in the city have felt that authorities were biased in favor of Al-Ahly, Egypt'...

Egypt braces ahead of verdicts on football riot

Agence France-Presse | Saturday March 9, 2013

A court in Cairo was set on Saturday to deliver a verdict on 52 people allegedly involved in a deadly football stadium riot, in a case that has already sparked widespread violence and threats of further unrest.

At palace, Egypt protesters, police clash

Associated Press | Saturday February 2, 2013

Protesters denouncing Egypt's Islamist president hurled stones and firebombs through the gates of his palace gates on Friday, clashing with security forces who fired tear gas and water cannons, as more than a week of political violence came to Mohamm...

Egypt opposition takes to streets after deadly week

Reuters | Friday February 1, 2013

Thousands of opponents of President Mohamed Morsi returned to the streets of Egypt on Friday, demanding his overthrow after the deadliest violence of his seven months in power.

Clashes in Egypt despite state of emergency

Associated Press | Monday January 28, 2013

Riot police fired tear gas at rock-throwing protesters in central Cairo on Monday, a day after Egypt's president declared a state of emergency in three provinces hit hardest by political violence and vowed to deal "firmly and forcefully" with the unr...

Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi declares emergency after clashes kill 49

Reuters | Monday January 28, 2013

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi declared a month-long state of emergency on Sunday in three cities along the Suez Canal which have been the focus of anti-government violence that has killed dozens of people over the past four days.

Death toll rises to 31 in Egypt violence

Associated Press | Sunday January 27, 2013

Egyptian health officials say the death toll from rioting in the city of Port Said has risen to 31.

Football riot verdicts spark deadly clashes in Egypt

Agence-France-Presse | Sunday January 27, 2013

Protesters attacked police stations and set tyres alight and relatives of those who were sentenced clashed with security forces as they tried to storm the prison in Port Said where the defendants are being held.

Egypt clashes after 21 given death sentence in football riot

Agence France Presse | Saturday January 26, 2013

Among those on trial are nine security officials. The soccer melee on February 1, 2012 between Port Said's Al-Masry fans and Cairo's Al-Ahly fans was the world's deadliest soccer violence in 15 years.

Violence flares on anniversary of Egypt uprising

Reuters | Friday January 25, 2013

Youths fought Egyptian police in Cairo and Alexandria on Friday on the second anniversary of the revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak and brought the election of an Islamist president who protesters accuse of riding roughshod over the new democracy.

Egypt's Mohamed Morsi to give speech after signing in new charter

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday December 26, 2012

President Mohamed Morsi is to address Egypt on Wednesday, after signing into law a contentious constitution he and Islamist allies backed to the fury of the opposition and to international concern.

Egypt constitution approved with 63.8 per cent: election committee

Reuters | Wednesday December 26, 2012

Egypt announced on Tuesday voters had approved overwhelmingly a constitution drafted by President Mohamed Morsi's Islamist allies, and the government imposed currency restrictions to cope with an economic crisis worsened by weeks of unrest.

Egypt poised to give official poll results

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday December 25, 2012

Authorities in Egypt are to release official results on Tuesday of a constitutional referendum that the ruling Islamists say they have already won but which the opposition alleges was marred by fraud.

Egyptian Islamists, opponents clash ahead of vote

Associated Press | Saturday December 22, 2012

Violence erupted between Egypt's divided camps on Friday, the eve of the final round of a referendum on a constitution that has polarized the nation, as Islamists and their opponents pelted each other with stones while police fired tear gas in the st...