Muslim Brotherhood

Egypt’s Former President Mohamed Morsi Dies after Appearing in Court

Egypt's former President Mohamed Morsi has died after appearing in court in the capital, Cairo, according to authorities. The cause of death has been reported as a heart attack according to Egypt’s state TV. The public prosecutor said th...

Neo Sithole·almost 5 years ago

Mohamed Morsi: Death of Egypt’s Former President Shows Deep State was Always Going to Triumph

Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, died on June 17 in court in Cairo where he was on trial facing charges of espionage. He will be remembered for a short and divisive presidency and his failure to deliver the ...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

Where Next for Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood After Death of Mohamed Morsi

The death of Egypt’s former president, Mohamed Morsi, in a Cairo court on June 17, on the same day he was elected six years previously, closed a chapter in Egyptian history. Morsi was the first president of Egypt to be elected in popular...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

Egypt Must End Rights Abuses of Political Prisoners: Amnesty

Amnesty International has called on Egyptian authorities "to immediately end cruel and inhumane conditions" of political detainees, who have been on hunger strike at a notorious maximum-security prison outside Cairo. In a statement publi...

Ali Younes·over 4 years ago

Egyptian Security Forces Kill 17 Islamic Militants After Blast at Cancer Centre

Security forces killed at least 17 suspected militants in raids in Cairo and in another province, Egypt officials said Thursday, four days after a car filled with explosives wrecked outside the county's main cancer hospital, killing at l...

Joburg Post·over 4 years ago

How Two Islamic Groups Fell From Power To Persecution: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and Turkey’s Gulenists

Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first-ever democratically elected president, died unexpectedly during a trial in June 2019. He was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, an almost century-old Islamist group that rose to power after the Egyptian Rev...

Ahmet T. Kuru·over 4 years ago