When Wang Yijun put Ethiopia's most expensive real estate project on the market, he experienced a strange phenomenon. People preferred the lowest floors over those with panoramic city views. "Power ...

13:09, Sat, Oct 26, 2024 Updated: 13:16, Sat, Oct 26, 2024 One massive landlocked country hopes to build a colossal train line through its neighbour to the sea. Addis Ababa is the capital and largest ...

The 756 km Ethiopia-Djibouti electrified railway, which connects landlocked Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa with ports in Djibouti, has been playing an increasingly important role in facilitating the ...

A new train from the Ethiopian capital to the Djibouti coast offers a desert journey into parts of East Africa that have been off the tourist track. Lebu Station, on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, ...

A train runs on the Ethiopia-Djibouti railway during an operational test near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Oct. 3, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua] Berhane Haileyesus is excited to board the Chinese built 756 kms ...

The Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway line is the first modern cross-border, standard gauge, electrified railway in Africa. It is also the first modern overseas railway constructed almost entirely by ...

Addis Ababa — Habiba Awol, 24, is excited ahead of her first train ride. Standing behind me in the ticket queue at the Menelik II Square station in the heart of Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, she ...

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Ethiopia and Djibouti have launched the first fully electrified cross-border railway line in Africa. It links Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, to the Red Sea port of Djibouti - a stretch of more than ...

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 ...