Image Credit: PixabayCairo/IBNS/UNI:At least 32 people were killed and 108 others suffered injuries as two trains collided in Tahta city of Egypt’s southern Sohag province, some 460 kilometres (285 miles) south of Cairo, on Friday. “The trains collided while going at not very high speeds, which led to the destruction of two carriages and a third to overturn,” an unnamed security source was quoted as saying by Reuters. Media reports said Egypt has witnessed deadly train accidents over the years, mainly due to its rundown railway system. Official figures show there have been 1,793 train accidents since 2017 across the country, which has one of the largest and oldest train networks in North Africa, according to Al Jazeera. In 2018, el-Sisi said there was an immediate need of $14.1bn to overhaul the run-down rail system, it added.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 26, 2021 15:56 UTC