The Corporation’s projects, including the flagship Ethio-Djibouti and Addis Ababa Light Rail lines, were constructed using loans denominated in foreign currency. “Other projects suspended currently, ...

“On the comparison of the blue rail line with the Addis Ababa light rail project, it must be stated that rail construction worldwide is not compared on the basis of like-for-like because of difference ...

Notable projects include the Addis Ababa Light Rail Transit (LRT) system, which began operations in 2015, and the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway line connecting Ethiopia with Djibouti’s port. Air ...

A train operating on the light rail in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiopia owes several international lenders worth about $27.4 billion and most of the debt falling due. Ethiopia, like most sub-Saharan ...

After news emerged last month that Addis Ababa’s light rail system was grinding to a halt for want of functioning trains, China has agreed to provide $23m-worth of spare parts, South China Morning ...

China has come to the rescue of the Chinese-built Addis Ababa light rail transport service, agreeing to provide spare parts worth 155 million yuan (US$23 million) for the struggling network’s ...

When it was inaugurated in 2015, the Addis Ababa Light Rail was heralded as a banner project of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. By then, China had become known for its infrastructure feats at home.

This article is the fifth in a series dealing with rail and industrial park developments by Chinese actors in Ethiopia, which began with our analyses of the Addis Ababa Light Rail Train (AALRT ...

In Addis Ababa, the vision is epitomised by a major infrastructure investment, namely the light rail train system. A Chinese company constructed the rail system at a cost of US$475 million for 34km.

Ethiopia [East Africa], January 25 (ANI): A total of USD 60 million is required to repair over 23 trains of the Addis Ababa Light Rail, officials say. A lack of spare components has brought the ...