Mohamed Morsi Current Affairs, GK & News
Mohamed Morsi, former President of Egypt, passes away
Mohamed Morsi (67), the former President of Egypt, has passed away in Cairo on June 17 after collapsing during his court trial that charged him of espionage and inciting violence. He was the first democratically-elected President of Egypt. His death has raised doubts over the ‘torturous’ condition under which he was kept in prison. Voices ..
Topics: Decades • Egyptian coup d'état • Egyptian Crisis • In Egypt • Mohamed Morsi • Muslim Brotherhood in post-Mubarak electoral politics of Egypt • Politics by country • Politics of Egypt • Protests • Protests in Egypt
Egypt: Rights activist Abdel Fattah freed after 5 years
Alaa Abdel Fattah who is a known pro-democracy activist in Egypt has finally been freed from jail after serving a sentence of 5 years for inciting and participating in protests. The young blogger and software engineer was a known voice among the young generation of Egypt. He had led the uprising of 2011 against the ..
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Topics: Ahmed Douma • Alaa Abd El-Fattah • Egypt • Egyptian coup d'état • Egyptian Crisis • Egyptian people • Mohamed Morsi • Politics by country • Politics of Egypt • Protests in Egypt
El-Sissi Elected as New Chairman of African Union
The President of Egypt Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has been elected as the new Chairman of the African Union at its Summit in Ethiopia. This has sparked off major voicing of concerns from the human rights group Amnesty International. While addressing the summit, Sissi said that he would focus on improving peace and security in the African ..
Topics: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi • Adly Mansour • Africa • African Union • August 2013 Rabaa massacre • Continents • Egypt • Government of Egypt • Mohamed Morsi • Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque • Rabia sign • Sissi
Egyptian court overturns former President Mohamed Morsi’s death sentence
An Egyptian Appeals Court has struck down the death sentence handed down to the former President Mohamed Morsi in one of four trails since his 2013 overthrow. The court has ordered Morsi to be retried for charges committed during 2011 uprising which toppled the Hosni Mubarak regime. Morsi became the first freely elected civilian President ..
Topics: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi • Egypt • Egyptian coup d'état • Egyptian Crisis • Egyptian revolution • Government of Egypt • Hosni Mubarak • Mohamed Morsi • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics by country • Politics of Egypt • Protests in Egypt
Mohamed Morsy of Brotherhood triumphs in Egypt Presidential poll
Mohamed Morsy was announced Egypt’s first Islamist President after 1st elections in the country’s history. He defeated Hosni Mubarak’s regime’s last Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq with a close margin. Egypt’s last four Presidents over the last 6 decades were from the military. It is for the first time Egypt will be led by an Islamist ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012
Topics: Ahmed Shafik • Egypt • Egyptian coup d'état • Egyptian Crisis • Government of Egypt • Islamism • Mohamed Morsi • Politicians • Politics of Egypt • Shafiq