projects linking Sudan and Chad, via a railroad that would expand up to
Douala in Cameroon, a Sudanese ruling party member announced on Friday.
Hassan Bargo, the ruling party official responsible for the township
between Sudan and Chad, said the two countries would soon send a
delegation to China, where they would sign the contract with the Chinese
Import and Export Bank, which will provide the funds.
He said the money would be used to construct a railway line that extends
from Nyala in Sudan's western Darfur region up to Ndjamena (Chad), to
Abahe-Adre up to Nyala in the east and will go from Ndjamena up to
Douala in Cameroon.
There is a rail road linking Nyala to Port Sudan on the Red Sea in
Eastern Sudan region. With this link, the landlocked Chad will be
directly linked to the Red Sea with a train that runs a 120 kms an hour,
transporting commodities.
The Sudanese official said the projects would start in October this year.
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