Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo of Saturday, Sept.24, 2016, locomotives for the new Ethiopia to Djibouti electric railway system queue outside a ...

Construction on much-awaited railway connecting landlocked Ethiopia and neighboring Djibouti, where the nearest port is, has been completed. The China-funded $3.4 billion project, built by China ...

This week, planners, policymakers and urban practitioners from across the world are gathering in Kuala Lumpur for World Urban Forum 9. This story is part of Next City’s coverage of the Forum. For more ...

Ethiopia and a Chinese company have signed $ 1.5 billion agreement for the construction of a 339 kilometer railway line. The line would connect an Ethiopian town with a railway network that links the ...

Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa’s transport system is set to get a new lease of life with the launch of a US$400 million light railway project. The 37.7 kilometre railroad project is expected to boost ...

Time is ticking to repay Ethiopia’s light rail debt, which is not going to be easy without making sufficient profit. There are numerous examples of the successful and tangible manifestations of ...

The ambitious project forms part of President William Ruto's broader plan to see connectivity within the region.

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Africa’s past is the mildewed train station in central Addis Ababa, where locomotives sit gutted and rusted tracks vanish in the grass. The line was once the greatest in Africa; built by France in the ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The timing is uncomfortable. One of Africa’s best-performing economies on Wednesday launched its latest massive infrastructure project, a railway linking the landlocked ...

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