Photo: Arcelor Mittal Addis Ababa — Ethiopia has signed two agreements with Chinese and Turkish companies to construct a 3.2 billion dollar railway network.
According to the Ethiopian Railways Corporation (ERC), a Turkish firm Yapi Merkezi will build a $1.7 billion section of the project, while a Chinese company, China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) will build the remaining portion.
The Horn of Africa country plans to construct 5,000 km of railway lines by 2020. Some 1,808km of it is expected to be completed by 2015.
The railway network in northern part of the country will run from Mekele-Woldiya Hara Gebeya-Semera-Dicheto-Elidar, ultimately linking northern regions with Port Tadjourah in neighbouring Djibouti allowing an alternative route to land locked Ethiopia.
The northern railway project will have an extension which runs from Woldiya-Awash joining the Addis Ababa-Djibouti line.
Upon completion, Ethiopia hopes to transport potash, metals and other products from northern mines to Djibouti's Port Tadjourah for international market.
The nationwide massive railway network will enable passengers to easily travel to every corner of the country. The government hopes the railway will further boost trade across nation. India has granted Ethiopia a $300 million loan which will cover 665km of rail line.
Since Ethiopia launched the 5-year growth and transformation plan (GTP) in 2010, the country is investing billions for infrastructure and industries.
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THIS IS THE WAY FORWARD NO THE CONFLICT INTERST OF FIGHTING YOUR BROTHERS ; THE KING WAS VEHEMENTLY AGAINST SUCH FOLY. ETHIOPIA IS A BLESSED PART OF ALL AFRICA IT HAS NEVER SUFFEREDN TH HUMILIATION OF COLINIALISM THEY HAVE NOT BEN RULED. THEY HAVE ADPTED OVBER TIME SOM E VERY QUESTINABLE THEOLOGIES AS DURING THE FIRST CRUSADES EAST AFRICA AND NORTH EAST AFRICA WAS INFLUINCED BY WHITE CHRISTIANS AS WE SEE THIS INTHE ART OF ETHIOPIAN ARTISTRY. THEY GOT THAT WRONG AND FORGOT THIER OWBN PEOPLE AND THIER BEGINNINGS BUT THEY DO KNOW THAT SOLOMAN DAVID AND THE LINE OF JUDAH IS REPRESENTED IN "THE THRONE OF ETHIOPIA" I HAVE SEEN MNAY PAINTINGS WITH JUDEA WQHERE THE BLACK MAN WAS REPRESENTED EVEN HEROD WAS IN FACT A BLACK MAN. AFRICANS NEED TO REALLY LET GO OF THESE UNPRINCIPLED THEORIES THAT WE ARE BEING SUBJECTED TO BY HTESE AUTHORITARIANS WHOM ARE HEGEMONIC. AGAIN I WILL SAY TO YOU THER IS NOTHING NEW ONTHIS PLANET NOT OPNE THING SO DO NOT FALL FOR THE LIES THAT ARE BEING TOLD
It is very exiting to hear the building rail way agreement. PM meles have to also worried about democracy.development with out democracy is like paper in the water.NO SUSTAINABILITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ethiopia is the most respected nation in Africa owing to its civilization. The Arabs invasion and captivity of Oromo and Southern Nile black people took civilization to Egypt. The South Nile captives became spiritual advisers, farmers and meteorologists to the Egyptian warlords which is interpreted as Egyptian civilization. The Fascists Italian invasion was another disaster that broke Ethiopia into it's present dilapidated state. However East-African states never benefited from Ethiopian civilization and the country has not produced a good leader to recover its prestigious heritage. The failure of Ethiopia to exploit its potentials and heritage is seen in the failed state of Somali and political instability in the entire region.
Ethiopia has come across many hard events including a devastating hunger & catastrophy. the current strength has born from this near past history. eventhough the ERITREAN DICTATOR's misconduct in the region (including somalia) creates more chaos, ETHIOPIA's achievements towards regional development, peace & Stability is meant to be Great lesson for all subsaharan countries. ~~~~THANK YOU & LONG LIVE PM. MELLES ZENAWI~~~~