Egypt Elections

Egyptian leftist leader eyes parliament majority

Popular Egyptian leftist politician and former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahy said on Saturday he is confident a coalition of leftist groups he is working to unite will be strong enough to defeat Islamists and win a parliament majority.

Egypt's generals hold on to power as Islamists win presidency

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood declared on Monday that its candidate Mohamed Morsy won the country's first free presidential race. But shortly before the final result the generals who issued new rules that made clear real power remains with the army.

Egypt's transition to democracy grows more messy

Reform leader Mohammed ElBaradei's surprise pullout from the presidential race has laid bare the messiness of Egypt's transition to democracy with less than six months left for the ruling generals to hand over power.