Foreign pages cover El Sisi’s inauguration + British rail contract

Two stories are driving the conversation on Egypt in the foreign press this morning: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s inauguration (which we cover in the news well, above) and British Steel inking a contract to supply us with rail.

AND- British rail: The British steel products producer British Steel will supply rail for Egypt’s GreenLine, under a multi-mn EGP contract, the company said. The rail shipments will reach the Port of Alexandria this month and in June and will be used to extend the line from Alexandria through Alamein to the Mediterranean coast and to the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea. The news received coverage from BBC, The Independent, and TheGuardian.

What we know about the project: The 2k-km high-speed rail line links Cairo, Aswan, the North Coast and the Red Sea. The Sokhna-Matrouh connection will feature a passenger line able to carry more than 30 mn people a year as well as a freight line.