Mozambique: Limpopo Line Reopened

The Limpopo railway line, which links Maputo to Zimbabwe, has been reopened to traffic after five days of closure due to a derailment.

The derailment occurred on 5 January in the Niza region, 272 kilometres north of Maputo, between Chokwe and Mabalane in Gaza province. It involved a train carrying 26 wagonloads of sugar from Zimbabwe to be exported from the port of Maputo. 20 of the wagons derailed, and 12 of them overturned, spilling a considerable part of their cargo.

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