The government will be spending an average of 6 billion Birr per year for construction of the railway. According to the Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC), the construction would generate employment opportunity for over 300 thousand citizens.
Of course, Ethiopia is not new to train transport; nor is train transport foreign to Ethiopia. The two have had a century-old relations. Despite such a long tie, the poor train transport service in the country had, once, disrupted completely. At present, however, ...
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