Cairo (Egypt): Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has passed away at a hospital in Cairo. He was 91.


The ex-president went into surgery on January 23, his son Alaa Mubarak had posted on Twitter.

He had ruled Egypt for 30 years before he was ousted in a popular uprising

Mubarak was found guilty of complicity in the killing of protesters during the revolution. That conviction was overturned after which he was released in March 2017.

(More details are awaited)