Two years since uprising, Egypt braces for more protests – World News | TVNZ

Egypt marks the second anniversary of the uprising that swept Hosni Mubarak from power with little to celebrate. Deeply divided and facing an economic crisis, the nation is bracing for more protests, but this time against a freely elected leader.

President Mohamed Mursi’s opponents plan to march to Tahrir Square on Friday to vent anger at the new Islamist leader and his Muslim Brotherhood backers, whom they accuse of betraying the goals of the January 25 revolution that galvanised Egyptians in a display of national unity that has not been seen since.

“We don’t see it as a celebration. This will be a new revolutionary wave that will show the Brotherhood that they are not alone – that there are other forces that can stand against them,” said Ahmed Maher, founder of the April 6 – a group that helped ignite the uprising by using social media to organise.

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