This week, planners, policymakers and urban practitioners from across the world are gathering in Kuala Lumpur for World Urban Forum 9. This story is part of Next City’s coverage of the Forum. For more ...

ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese-built Ethiopia-Djibouti railway on Thursday started vehicle shipment from ports in Djibouti to Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. The first vehicle ...

A train runs on the Ethiopia-Djibouti railway during an operational test near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Oct. 3, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua] Berhane Haileyesus is excited to board the Chinese built 756 kms ...

Ethiopia and a Chinese company have signed $ 1.5 billion agreement for the construction of a 339 kilometer railway line. Ethiopia and a Chinese company have signed $ 1.5 billion agreement for the ...

The Chinese management contractors of Ethiopia-Djibouti standard gauge railway on Friday officially handed over the railway's management and operation to Ethiopia and Djibouti after six years of ...

Soon after unveiling the first urban light railway in sub-¬Saharan Africa, Ethiopia accelerated the progress of its flagship project, a 700 km railway linking its capital Addis Ababa to the port of ...

(eTN) – The Ethiopian government released information about plans to construct a major new rail network across the country. (eTN) – The Ethiopian government released information about plans to ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - The timing is uncomfortable. One of Africa's best-performing economies on Wednesday launched its latest massive infrastructure project, a railway linking the landlocked ...

ADDIS ABABA - The Ethiopia-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway Share Company (EDR) has disclosed its ambition to become Africa's leading modern train operations amid robust knowledge transfer efforts.

Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC) and the China Railway Group Limited (CREC) on Tuesday sealed a US$1 billion deal to build railway infrastructure in the Horn of Africa country. The new railway line ...

At Awash last week, at the edge of the spidery railroad bridge crossing the Awash River (see cut), a Swiss machine gun expert named Whittley was working like mad to protect the only railway in ...