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Uganda restoring colonial-era rail after China fails to fund another line

The route will cut the cost of shipping goods to the country's north, South Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo [Thomas Mukoya/Reuters]

Uganda has started construction to restore a British-era railway line after it failed to get funding from China for another standard gauge railway (SGR).

The line will cut the cost of shipping goods to the country’s north, South Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a railway spokesperson said on Friday.

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