Mohamed Mursi

The fact that the army decreed the end of the rule of President Mohammed Mursi detained him and shot dead dozens of his supporters gave the events all the hallmarks of a military coup...

Protestors were also brought onto the streets by rising prices and unemployment shortages of petrol lengthening power cuts and the sense that ex-President Mohamed Mursi ruled for the Brotherhood not for Egypt...

A week ago Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi was saying he would not rule out going to war to stop Ethiopia from building its US$4...

He was backed by Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe and Egypt’s Mohammed Mursi whose governments earn substantial sums from tourist attractions such as Victoria Falls and the Pyramids...

Such is the level of distrust around President Mohamed Mursi’s beleaguered government that some insiders are convinced his officials deliberately misled opposition politicians about the ‘secrecy’ of a meeting at which they suggested attacking Ethiopia...

The second cabinet reshuffle since President Mohamed Mursi appointed Hisham Kandil Prime Minister last August further bolsters the position of the Muslim Brotherhood at the core of government...

Observers worry that the MB and President Mohamed Mursi are chiefly concerned with consolidating their positions in power whatever the cost to the economy...

In November President Mohamed Mursi decided to give priority to consolidating his power base...

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party will aim to ensure that it gains the largest bloc of seats thereby paving the way for President Mohamed Mursi to form a government based on members of his own party...

If the referendum on Egypt’s new constitution goes ahead as planned on 15 December and wins a majority it will mark a political victory for President Mohamed Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood...