Sudan unveils plan to link railway to Ethiopia, South Sudan

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"We will connect railway lines to Ethiopia," al-Bashir said while inaugurating a new train line linking capital Khartoum to the city of Wad Madani, the regional capital of Sudan’s central El Gezira State.

“We also seek to link our railway to South Sudan so that it might serve as a transit hub with Kenya and Uganda, thus facilitating the movement of people and goods to those countries," al-Bashir added.

He did not provide a date for the project’s completion. Landlocked Ethiopia and South Sudan both depend on seaports in neighboring states - such as Sudan, Djibouti, and Kenya - to export goods abroad.

References

1. ^{^} Ethiopia mulls electricity export to South Sudan, Somaliland (www.poandpo.com)
2. ^{^} South Sudan to sign Nile water agreement (www.poandpo.com)
3. ^{^} Ethiopia and South Sudan agree to construct oil route (www.poandpo.com)
4. ^{^} Ethiopia eyes 50 percent import needs via Port Sudan (www.poandpo.com)