Egypt top judges override boycott

Egypt's Supreme Judicial Council says it would delegate judges to oversee a referendum on a controversial draft constitution, overriding calls for a boycott.

• Papers protest over Morsi 'dictatorship'
• Islamists force Egypt's top court to close
• Egypt's highest court joins judicial strike

Egypt media demonises Muslim Brotherhood

Egypt's media is demonising the Muslim Brotherhood as the state's worst enemy, claiming the fundamentalist group plans to plunge the country into chaos.

• Egypt on edge as results delayed
• Egypt president result may be delayed
• 'Imperative' Egypt military hand over power

Egypt army to hand over power at end-June

Egypt's ruling military council will hold a ceremony to hand over power to the country's newly elected president at the end of June, a report says.

• Egypt vote draws to close
• Egypt military says parliament disolved
• Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood claims victory

ElBaradei: Egypt has 'long way to go'

Mohamed ElBaradei has hailed the end of "the culture of fear" as Egyptians voted for their first democratically elected president.

• Sabbahi can surprise Egypt
• Egyptians 'must work to end military rule'
• ElBaradei returns to Egyptian politics

Cairo calm again after deadly clashes

A Cairo district that witnessed deadly clashes between protesters and soldiers near the defence ministry is calm after an overnight curfew.

• Egypt protesters, army clash in Cairo
• 1 000s protest in Cairo, Alexandra
• Cairo clashes leave 20 dead

Egypt: 40% undecided ahead of vote

Nearly 40% of Egyptian voters are undecided less than six weeks before the first presidential election since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, a poll has found.

• Egypt parly votes to sideline Mubarak allies
• Polls: Egypt rivals share secretive past
• Egypt - Suleiman warns of religious state

Islamists push generals to sack Egypt gov

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood are pushing a no-confidence motion against the military-appointed government.

• Egypt polls: Islamists choosing candidate?
• Egypt govt failing, says Brotherhood
• Egypt army slams Muslim brotherhood

Egypt's presidential race kicks off

Egypt's presidential race kicked off, with registration open for candidates to run the country after a popular uprising ousted Hosni Mubarak last year.

• Egypt women want to co-write constitution
• Egypt MP nose out of joint after 'attack'
• Egypt military probing activists, media

Egypt presidential elections in June

Egypt's first presidential elections since a popular uprising ousted veteran leader Hosni Mubarak a year ago will be held in the first week of June, officials are quoted as saying.

• Brotherhood out of Egypt presidency race
• ElBaradei 'won't contest Egypt presidency'
• Cleric says brother best for Egypt

Brotherhood out of Egypt presidency race

The Muslim Brotherhood, the big winners of Egypt's parliamentary vote, will not field a candidate for the Egyptian presidency, its leader Mohammed Badie has said.

• Egypt Brothers ascend to leadership
• Egypt's new parly to hold first session
• Egypt's Brotherhood to work with rivals

Landmark Egypt vote nears conclusion

Egyptians are voting in second-round run-offs for the third and final phase of staggered elections to choose the first parliament since mass protests ousted Hosni Mubarak in February last year.

• Boycott threat overshadows Egypt vote
• Egypt votes in final phase of landmark polls
• Egypt Islamists claim 62% in latest vote

Islamists closer to win in Egypt

The Muslim Brotherhood won more than a third of the votes in the last stage of elections for Egypt's lower house of parliament.

• Egyptians head to the polls again
• Egypt Islamists sweep 2nd voting round
• Egypt's Brotherhood to work with rivals

Egypt Islamists sweep 2nd voting round

Egypt's main Islamist parties have won 65% of votes for party lists in the second round of a historic election for a new parliament.

• Rival protests in Egypt
• Egyptians vote after deadly clashes
• Egypt's Islamists support Israel treaty

Low turnout at Egypt polling stations

Polling stations in nine Egyptian governorates has re-opened for a second round of voting in the country's parliamentary elections amid low voter turnout.

Brotherhood extends gains in Egypt polls

Egypt's top Islamist party says it had extended its gains in the first elections, amid fresh warnings about the sinking economy from the country's caretaker premier.

• Egypt's ultra-conservatives pull ¼ of votes
• Egypt runoffs expose Islamist tensions
• Turnout low in Egypt run-off vote

Turnout low in Egypt run-off vote

Turnout has been low in the run-off vote of Egypt’s first democratic parliamentary election since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, amid reported violations and counting errors.

• Egypt runoffs expose Islamist tensions
• Liberals 'decimated' in Egypt vote
• High alert along Israel-Egypt border

Egyptians head to polls for runoffs

A trickle of Egyptian voters headed to the polls for two days of runoffs in the country's first parliamentary elections since Hosni Mubarak was ousted.

• Liberals 'decimated' in Egypt vote
• Egypt's Islamists look to extend gains
• Egypt electionsview

Egypt election results delayed

The head of Egypt's election commission says the announcement of final results for first-round parliamentary elections has been delayed again.

• Egypt: Brotherhood wants to form govt
• US presses Egypt on 'inclusive' democracy
• Hardline Islamist surge seen in Egypt polls

Egypt: Brotherhood wants to form govt

Leaders of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood have demanded to form the next government, as partial results show the group emerging as the biggest winner in the country’s landmark parliamentary elections.

• US presses Egypt on 'inclusive' democracy
• Egypt awaits poll results
• Egypt: Brotherhood leading in vote count

Egypt: Brotherhood leading in vote count

The Muslim Brotherhood’s list is leading in initial counting of results from the first round of Egypt’s parliamentary election, with about 40% of party-list votes, a party source says.

• Egypt awaits poll results
• Islamists pull out stops in Egypt polls
• Egypt hails peaceful post-Mubarak vote

Islamists pull out stops in Egypt polls

Egyptian Islamists hope the ongoing elections in Egypt will bring them closer to power even though the army generals who took over from Hosni Mubarak have yet to step down.

• Egypt: Ultra-Islamists make election debut
• Egypt voter turnout 'higher than expected'
• Egypt hails election as 'successful'

Egypt: Ultra-Islamists make election debut

Egypt’s first parliamentary elections since the fall of Hosni Mubarak have brought the political debut of a potentially powerful new player on the scene, the ultraconservative Islamist movement known as the Salafis.

• Egypt voter turnout 'higher than expected'
• Tahrir: Numbers dwindle on vote day
• Egypt electionsview

Egyptians queue to cast their ballots

Egyptians are queuing up to vote in the first big test of a transition born in popular revolutionary euphoria that soured into distrust of the generals who replaced their master Hosni Mubarak.

• Egypt gas line blown up as voting begins
• Egypt on edge ahead of elections
• Egypt set for post-Mubarak vote