Egypt's interior ministry tells police in the Sinai peninsula to raise a state of emergency after obtaining intelligence that jihadists might attack their forces there.
Egyptian protesters torched buildings in Cairo and attempt to disrupt shipping on the Suez Canal, as a court ruling on a deadly soccer riot stoked rage in a country beset by worsening security.
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The Harlem Shake is becoming the latest weapon of political protest, as demonstrated by opponents of Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi outside the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Cairo.
Three Britons are among 19 tourists to die after a hot air balloon crash near the Egyptian city of Luxor. Another British tourist is still in hospital after the fatal sunrise flight.
Mali is the country that falls the furthest in the Reporters Without Borders press freedom index as a result of the conflict which still divides the nation.
On 25 January 2011 Tahrir Square became the focal point for a public outpouring of anger against the rule of Hosni Mubarak. As violence breaks out in Egypt again, Channel 4 News asks what has changed?
Egypt's ousted former president Hosni Mubarak successfully appeals against a life sentence, allowing him to be retried over the killing of protesters in the 2011 uprising.
by Fatima Manji
Egypt endorses controversial constitution
Two thirds of Egyptians back a controversial constitution but opponents argue the bill betrays the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak with some female protesters cutting off their hair.
Egypt's disputed constitution has won national backing, early results released by the Muslim Brotherhood say.
Egypt's vice-president resigns hours before polls close in the second round of a referendum over controversial constitutional reform.
