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Zanzibar’s forgotten railway: East Africa’s first steam line that vanished too soon

Stone Town. Few visitors strolling through the winding alleys of Zanzibar’s Stone Town today would guess that the island was once home to East and Central Africa’s first steam railway.Long before ...

China signs deal with Zambia, Tanzania for $1.4 billion railway upgrade

China, Zambia and Tanzania on Monday signed a $1.4 billion deal to refurbish the Tanzania-Zambia railway, a vital route for shipping copper exports from the region, Zambia's government said.
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Construction begins on East Africa’s first-ever cross-border SGR worth $2.15 billion

East Africa has broken ground on its first-ever cross-border standard gauge railway (SGR), a $2.15 billion project stretching 240 kilometers from Uvinza in western Tanzania to Musongati in eastern ...