
What’s new: The Chinese contractor has handed over the China-funded 752-kilometer railway linking Ethiopia and Djibouti to local operators, marking the completion of six years of operation.
A ceremony was held on Friday in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, for the official transfer of the railway’s operations to the Ethio-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway Share Company (EDR), a joint venture established by Ethiopian and Djiboutian authorities.