Egypt's currency black market is under threat from two directions, as aid from wealthy Gulf states promises to ease a dollar shortage and an increasingly confident central bank engineers a gradual depreciation of the Egyptian pound.

Countries from across the globe were quick to offer president-elect Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi congratulatory messages, with some urging him to adopt reforms and guarantee rights.

Egypt's Presidential Election Commission is Tuesday expected to officially name former army chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi as the country's next president.

A fire at a telecommunications cable in Egypt has caused internet disruptions throughout parts of the country, disrupting business flow, head of Egypt's Telecommunication's Regulatory Authority told Reuters on Tuesday.

The retrial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, alongside other defendants, was postponed to Wednesday by the Cairo Criminal Court, the third delay this week.

The trial of Kirollos Shawki, a Christian man from a village near Luxor accused of contempt of religion, has been postponed until 24 June.

Egypt's Mineral Resources Authority (EMRA) has submitted a draft law to the petroleum ministry which, if approved, will raise the rental value for mines by nearly a whopping 20,000 percent.

An Egyptian court sentenced on Monday 28 defendants to life sentence and 15 to three years on charges of violating the country's controversial protest law.

A group of activists has created a trending hashtag on Twitter that translates to "we are being watched" in response to Egypt's launching of a security system to monitor online activities.

Ahmed Hanafy, member of the Hamdeen Sabbahi legal campaign committee, said on Sunday that Sabbahi is starting procedures to convert the Popular Trend into a political party within 10 days as a prelude to contesting the parliamentary elections.

The Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday decided to postpone the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak, his sons Alaa and Gamal, his Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and six of his aides in a case known as the "Trial of the Century” to 3 June to hear the defense.

Egypt’s elections committee said on Sunday it had rejected a defeated presidential candidate’s appeal against voting results that gave former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi a landslide victory.

The British government has described the Egyptian presidential election as important step towards a democratic transition in Egypt.

Presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi’s electoral campaign raised skepticism over the results of the recent presidential elections. It said they submitted a number of complaints to the election commissions in Cairo and other governorates but were refused.

Presidential candidate Abdel Fatah al-Sisi appears to have swept voting in Damietta, earning more than 90 percent of votes according to initial press indicators, amid complaints of violations by observers from rival Hamdeen Sabbahi’s campaign.

The Journalists Syndicate announced Thursday it detected 43 violations against journalists during the presidential elections.

Former Egyptian military chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is poised to win the country's presidential election in a landslide -- though the fairness of the vote has been questioned.

With nearly all the ballots counted, Egypt's former military chief has won a crushing victory over his sole opponent with more than 92 percent of the votes, according to results announced by his campaign early Thursday.

Abdul Fattah Al Sissi, the former Egyptian army chief, looks set to win Egypt’s presidency by an expectedly high margin. Al Sissi was the front-runner in the election by a very long way and it was not a surprise when initial results showed that he had won 96 per cent of the vote. The only opposition candidate was the veteran left-winger, Hamdeen Sabahi. The various strands of Islamist parties failed to find a legal candidate, particularly as the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters were defined as terrorists.

A Ministerial meeting was held in Egypt’s border crossing and resort of Taba Tuesday to discuss ways to reconstruct the areas that was damaged following the torrent that hit the town, Al-Wafd reported.