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Power disruptions hobble Ethiopia’s railway lines

A new study by a local research firm has indicated that the Ethiopian railway operation has been suffering from recurrent power outages, exacerbated lack of sound legal system, least available maintenance facilities and most importantly the absence of funding.

Ethiopia launches railway project with Eritrea

While addressing the Ethio-Italian Business Forum on Thursday, Ahmed Shide, Minister of Finance, told Italian officials and business delegates that Ethiopia is about to pursue a railway project that connects Ethiopia with port cities of Eritrea.

Lack of finance derails second railway project

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) disclosed that the construction of Ethiopia’s second railway project a.k.a. the Awash-Kombolcha-Woldia/Hara Gebeya railway project has made little progress in the past nine months due to financial shortages.

Chinese government to restructure Ethiopia’s debt

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) on Thursday disclosed that the Chinese government has agreed to restructure some of Ethiopia’s debt, including a USD four billion loan for a railway that stretches from Addis Ababa to Djibouti.

Labor-strike halts operations of LRT

Amid request for budget subsidy and financial struggles looming over the enterprise, the Addis Ababa Light Railway Transit (AA-LRT) further encountered more problems due to employee strikes which stalled the operation for five hours on Wednesday, July 18, 2018.

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