Ethiopia's Transport Minister, Dagmawit Moges, on Thursday commended the successful construction and operation of the 756-km Africa's first fully electrified trans-boundary Ethiopia-Djibouti standard gauge railway. (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)ADDIS ABABA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia's Transport Minister, Dagmawit Moges, on Thursday commended the successful construction and operation of the 756-kms Africa's first fully electrified trans-boundary Ethiopia-Djibouti standard gauge railway. Moges made the remarks during the opening ceremony of the Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway Development Strategy and Freight Service Introduction Conference held on Thursday on the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. "The Ethiopia-Djibouti railway is a flagship of mega projects of three brotherly countries: Ethiopia, Djibouti and China," the Ethiopian transport minister told the conference. The Ethiopia-Djibouti electrified railway is the first trans-boundary railway on the African continent.

Source: Ethiopian News September 17, 2020 17:26 UTC