Supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi staged a series of limited protests in a number of Egyptian provinces on Sunday to coincide with the swearing-in ceremony of new President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi.

The protesters raised Morsi photos and chanted slogans demanding his return to the presidency.

Morsi's backers organized a series of human chains in the Nile Delta province of Sharqiya to protest al-Sisi's election.

Al-Sisi took the oath of the office as Egypt's new president earlier in the day before the Supreme Constitutional Court.

Al-Sisi, who had resigned his post as army chief to contest the presidential poll, has been officially declared Egypt's new president after ‘winning’ almost 97 percent of the vote, according to Egypt's election commission.

The vote was the second milestone of a transitional roadmap imposed by the army after its ouster of elected president Mohamed Morsi on July 3.

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A file photo shows supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi at Nasr City, in Cairo, Egypt.

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