Sources: Reuters
Labour unions involving thousands of workers go on a nationwide strike, boosting the pro-democracy demonstrations occurring across the country. 2011-02-9
The Vice President of Egypt Omar Suleiman promises that the government will not pursue protesters. 2011-02-8
Video footage emerges on YouTube of a police van being driven at high speed into peacefully marching anti-regime protesters. 2011-02-3
Mobile phone firm Vodafone says the Egyptian authorities have hijacked its network to send unattributed text messages supporting the government. 2011-02-3
President of the United States Barack Obama makes his first comments on Egypt since President Hosni Mubarak announced he would step down before the next elections; Obama tells the people of Egypt "We hear your voice", and calls for an "orderly transition" of power that "must begin now". 2011-02-2
Mubarak supporters, rumored to be directed by the Mubarak regime, protest in central Cairo, Alexandria and other cities, attacking anti-government protestors with stones, knives and Molotov cocktails. 2011-02-2
President of the United States Barack Obama urges Hosni Mubarak not to run for the presidency again, though stops short of telling him to resign immediately. He also called for the transition to democracy "to begin now". 2011-02-1
President Hosni Mubarak orders his new prime minister Ahmed Shafiq to preserve subsidies, control inflation and provide more jobs as he battles an intense popular revolt against his 30-year rule. The announcement is read out on state television but has little effect as protesters vow to continue demonstrating until the Mubarak regime falls. 2011-01-31
The protests continue as Egyptian Army tanks surround Cairo's Tahrir Square. 2011-01-29