Egypt: Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi resigns from army, declares intention to run for President

“There will be no personal score-settling,” he said.

However, on the ground there have been no signs of any move toward reconciliation with Mursi’s supporters and the Brotherhood, once the country’s strongest political force. Authorities on Wednesday announced the latest in a series of mass trials of suspected Islamists, including the top leader of the Brotherhood Mohammed Badie, on murder and other charges in connection to violence the past months.

Mursi supporters have continued near daily protests against al-Sisi and the interim government. On Wednesday, students in several universities, most of them Islamists, held protests that turned into clashes with security forces.

Source: The Associated Press

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