Cairo, May 27, 2026 (AFP) - Cairo's new monorail glides above a city struggling below

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2026-05-27

Cairo's new monorail slices across the city skyline, running above the familiar chaos of blaring horns and ageing buses' exhaust fumes that mark rush hour below. The $4.5 billion monorail, opened this month, is among Egypt's most prominent new transport projects, part of a debt-funded infrastructure drive criticised for sapping state finances while bringing limited benefits to most of the country's 109 million people. "It feels like you're in a d......

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