Turkey and India help Djibouti Railway

[John Ashworth]

TURKISH & INDIAN HELP FOR DJIBOUTI RAILWAY

Railways Africa On July 10, 2012 In Ethiopia

The Overseas Infrastructure Alliance (OIA), an Indian company, has been awarded a $US78 million contract for the design and survey of the planned new Mekelle-Djibouti railway by the Ethiopian government. The signing was followed by the extension of a $300 million line of credit by the Indian government in support of the rail project. A Turkish firm is to build a section of the line for $1.7 billion. Chinese companies hold contracts to completely reconstruct the rest of the line to Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital.