Hundreds of Sudanese refugees in Cairo take up chance to return home for free

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 ageing…