00:01At least seven people were killed and more than 100 were injured when two trains collided on
00:07Sunday south of the Egyptian capital Cairo. Egypt's railway authority said a train traveling
00:13from Giza to Fayyum crashed into the rear of another service heading south from Cairo to the
00:18city of Aswan. One of the trains derailed, it said, but did not specify which. The health
00:25ministry said the injured were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment. Emergency teams and
00:31cranes were dispatched to the scene to clear the wreckage and restore train services to their
00:36normal schedule as soon as possible. Egypt's 110 million people depend heavily on rail transport,
00:43but the network, one of the largest in Africa, has suffered repeated deadly accidents.
00:49Over the past decade, Egypt has poured billions of dollars into updating its transport infrastructure,
00:55including new highways and high-speed rail lines, but has yet to overhaul much of its aging rail network.
