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AfDB approves $1.2m for Ethiopia-Sudan railway study

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June 9, 2020
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The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a $1.2m grant to Ethiopia’s government to finance a feasibility study for construction of a standard-gauge railway link to neighbouring Sudan.

The grant, from the bank’s concessional-rate lending arm, will cover 35 per cent of the estimated $3.4m cost of the study. The remaining funding will be provided by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development’s Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility in the form of a $2m grant, and by a contribution of $100,000 each from the two countries involved. The financing was approved in January.

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According to a statement signed by RomaricHien of AfDB’s Communication and External Relations Department, the two-year, comprehensive feasibility study will assess the proposed project’s technical, economic, environmental and social viability, as well as alternative financing arrangements, including a public-private partnership.

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The railway line will link Addis Ababa in Ethiopia to Khartoum in Sudan, with an extension to Port Sudan on the Red Sea. The route, agreed by both governments, stretches 1,522km between Addis Ababa and Port Sudan.

According to the document presented to directors of the AfDB, the absence of a regional arterial route linking Ethiopia, Sudan and other countries in the Horn of Africa is a brake on trade, development and regional integration. The movement of goods and people between Sudan and Ethiopia often requires the use of several modes of transport, which increases costs and lengthens journey times.

The feasibility study’s findings will be keenly awaited because its implementation would benefit a large proportion of Ethiopia’s 110m people and 43m inhabitants of Sudan, as well as populations in the wider region.

The proposed project is aligned with the bank’s Country Strategy Paper 2016-2020 for Ethiopia. It is also consistent with the long-term development goals of the Sudanese Government, as set out in its national 25-year strategy (2007-2031).

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