Transition in Egypt

The head of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court, Adli Mansour has been sworn in as the country's interim president after Egyptians awoke Thursday to a new political reality. After days of protests and violence, Egypt's military ousted former President Mohammed Morsi on Wednesday evening.

The announcement that Morsi had gone was made on state television by the country's defence minister and armed forces chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. He did not say how long the transition period would last and insisted the armed forces would "remain far away from politics."

The situation in Cairo remains calm - one day after the ouster of Morsi, the military shows a strong presence throughout the city to stop events from escalating even further.

After the army announced the ousting of the president on Wednesday night, fireworks erupted - as here in the capital Cairo - as millions of anti-Morsi protesters in cities around the country expressed their joy.

After days of mass demonstrations, anti-Morsi protesters celebrated the army's move. Although it was democratically elected, many are disillusioned with Morsi's government, saying he has polarized the country and made life more difficult.

When the army gave Morsi an ultimatum to solve its conflict with the opposition, it said that if it was not met, the military would oversee the implementation of a roadmap "with the participation of all factions and national parties, including the young people, who began this great revolution."

The army, whose role has not been entirely clear-cut since the Arab Spring, announced a "roadmap…for a strong Egyptian society." Abdel Fattah al-Sissi said an interim technocrat government would be put in place before elections were called.

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and other Morsi supporters hold pictures of him at the Raba El-Adwyia mosque square in Cairo, as the Egyptian army's statement is read out on state TV.

Morsi denounced the army's annoucement as a "full coup." In a statement on the Twitter account of the Egyptian president's office, Morsi is quoted as saying the military's measures "represent a full coup categorically rejected by all the free men of our nation."