Cairo governor says capital will have no more slums by year-end

Cairo will eliminate its slum areas by the end of 2019, Governor Khaled Abdel Aal said on Friday, according to the local press. The government has set aside EGP 10 bn to build 40k homes to achieve the goal, Abdel Aal said. The plan will also see the government providing jobs for residents of these new homes, he added.