MANY news agencies and channels have published reports that President Hossni Mubarak will be stepping down this evening, at 10pm Egypt time.
This is following weeks of unrest in the Egyptian capital's Tahrir Square, killing over 300 people, and injuring many. It has been known that the current government has been in talks with opposition members, from which not much has materialised. Mubarak had faced opposition from other global leaders, such a Barack Obama, who urged him to start a peaceful transition to the next government. It has also been rumoured that Mubarak's statement has been pre-recorded, and he has in fact already left Egypt.
The current scenes from Tahrir Square can be described as historical. Thousands of protesters can be seen, brandishing Egyptian flags, chanting slogans, and cheering. What we are seeing here today is simply revolutionary, and perhaps the dawn of a new era in Egyptian history.
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