Ethiopia and Djibouti have launched Africa's first modern electrified railway connecting their capitals. The 752.7km railway is the first of its kind outside China that uses complete sets of Chines...

Ethiopia and Djibouti have launched Africa's first modern electrified railway connecting their capitals. The 752.7km railway is the first of its kind outside China that uses complete sets of Chinese equipment and standards. It is also the second trans-national railway built by Chinese in Africa.