Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi has been ousted by the country’s chief of the armed forces, General Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi, after only a year of being elected as the first democratically elected President.

Sisi has announced that he has suspended the constitution, nominated the head of the constitutional court, Adli Mansour, as interim president, and presidential and parliamentary elections would follow shortly afterwards and a transitional cabinet would be named.

Morsi called Sisi’s actions as a full military coup.  Though anti-Morsi protesters celebrated with fireworks, cheering and drinking when Sisi made his statement, Morsi supporters booed the chief of armed forces’ actions.

Morsi supporters claim that those who ousted the president are only after money from the U.S. and Israel.

“By what right does [Sisi] have the power to remove a democratically elected president?” said Mahmoud Gameel, standing outside the Rabaa Al Adaweya mosque in Cairo. “We will continue our sit-in … all over Egypt until [Sisi] and his gang leave power. All they care about is money from the U.S. and Israel that is going into their pockets.”

Morsi believes that there is still hope for Egypt as he believes that there are still some who believe in the power of democracy.

“In this day and age no military coup can succeed in the face of sizeable popular force without considerable bloodshed. Who among you is ready to shoulder that blame?” Morsi said in his Facebook page.  “There are still people in Egypt who believe in their right to make a democratic choice. Hundreds of thousands of them have gathered in support of democracy and the presidency. And they will not leave in the face of this attack.”

Morsi supporters marched in protest in ‘Friday of Rage’ calling to reinstate the ousted president but the protest ended in bloodshed when Egyptian troops open fired on the Islamist protesters.  Reports state that at least one person died from a gunshot wound on his head while others were wounded.  Shots were reportedly fired when supporters hung a Morsi sign on the Guard building barrier.  The first sign was torn down so the protesters hung another.  This is when the troops started firing on the protesters.

Travel warning for US citizens

With all the chaos happening in Egypt, the US government issued a travel warning to Egypt and advised non-emergency diplomatic staff to leave  the country.  The warning came as at least 16 people including a US citizen, died with more people injured in clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi.

If you’re in the US, or any country for that matter, and have plans to go to Egypt, better postpone until things settle down.  If you want to keep up to date as to what is happening in Egypt, especially if you  have friends or family in that country, better arm yourself with apps that will give you fresh news as they come in.

Apps for Egypt Watch

CNN mobile app

This news app is available for Android, iOS, Symbian, S-40, Lumia, Windows Phone smartphones.  It is also available for mobile browsers and tablets.  A great way to keep updated with current events.

NYTimes mobile app

Available for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, Windows 8, BlackBerry Z10, Windows Phone, and on mobile browsers.

BBC News

If you think that American news sources are biased, you might want to try something from the Brits.  BBC News is also available for iOS and Android.