CAIRO: On a sweltering Monday morning at Cairo’s main railway station, hundreds of Sudanese families stood waiting, with bags piled at their feet and children in tow, to board a train bound for a homeland shattered by two years of war. The war is not yet over, but with the army having regained control of key areas and life in Egypt often hard, many refugees have decided now is the time to head home. “It’s an indescribable feeling,” said Khadija Mohamed Ali, 45, seated inside one of the train’s aging carriages, her five daughters lined beside her.

Fuyant la guerre dans leur pays, quelque 1,5 million de Soudanais se sont réfugiés en Egypte. Alors que l’armée régulière a repris la capitale, Khartoum, et l’Etat de Gezira,…

CAIRO: On a sweltering Monday morning at Cairo’s main railway station, hundreds of Sudanese families stood waiting, with bags piled at their feet and children in tow, to board a…

CAIRO: Toting large suitcases and bags of belongings, the Sudanese families crowding into Cairo’s main railway station hoped to be returning to relative stability after fleeing…