Egypt's interior ministry urged supporters of ousted president
Mohamed Morsi on Thursday to leave their Cairo protest camps, promising
them a "safe exit."
The ministry "calls on those in Rabaa al-Adawiya and Nahda squares to let reason and the national interest prevail, and to quicky leave," it said in a statement.
[AFP]
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The ministry "calls on those in Rabaa al-Adawiya and Nahda squares to let reason and the national interest prevail, and to quicky leave," it said in a statement.
[AFP]
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Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel Hamid on Thursday morning from Cario following news police have been told to break up rallies:
"Everything can change at any time here, it really depends on the response from the sit-ins.
If you talk about people here in Cairo, they are growing very frustrated [with the rallies] ... the sit-ins are fortifying themselves, there are barricades and sand bags.
You have a lot of people in Cairo are saying this has to be dealt with as soon as possible."
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He's urging all sides to end the violence.
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"Everything can change at any time here, it really depends on the response from the sit-ins.
If you talk about people here in Cairo, they are growing very frustrated [with the rallies] ... the sit-ins are fortifying themselves, there are barricades and sand bags.
You have a lot of people in Cairo are saying this has to be dealt with as soon as possible."
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A high level delegation from the African Union met Morsi on Wednesday.
One of its members, former Malian President Alpha Oumar Konare, spoke exclusively to Al Jazeera.He's urging all sides to end the violence.
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German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (centre) meets with
Mahmut Badr (left) and Mohammad Abdel Azis (right) of the Tamrod
movement in Cairo on Wednesday.
Westerwelle is the first western foreign minister to visit Egypt since Mohammed Morsi was ousted as the nation's president by the army at the beginning of July.
Credit: EPA/Michael Kappeler.
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Westerwelle is the first western foreign minister to visit Egypt since Mohammed Morsi was ousted as the nation's president by the army at the beginning of July.
Credit: EPA/Michael Kappeler.
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Activists from a group called "Third Square", which promotes a
middle way in the rift between the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of
the army's overthrow of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, shout slogans
as they gather to oppose both parties at Sphinx Square in Cairo on July
30.
A few Egyptian activists are trying to stake out the middle ground in the nationwide rift, whose rival camps have filled the streets with myriad demonstrators since General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ousted and jailed Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected leader, on July 3.
Photo credit: Reuters/Asmaa Waguih
A few Egyptian activists are trying to stake out the middle ground in the nationwide rift, whose rival camps have filled the streets with myriad demonstrators since General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ousted and jailed Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected leader, on July 3.
Photo credit: Reuters/Asmaa Waguih
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