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Egypt to Extend Road from Salloum to Benghazi
If China can do a Belt and Road thingy, so can Egypt, and thusly create a regional market for Egyptian goods. [LibyaReview] Egyptian Transport Minister, Kamel al-Wazir revealed a plan to create transport links between Egypt and nine African countries.Al-Wazir said that the plans include developing the road from Salloum to Benghazi, which would help support the local economy, and facilitate the transportation of goods to Libya. He explained that there is ongoing coordination with Chad, about whether to connect the route via Sudan or Libya, ...why not both? That way the one not in the midst of a civil war can get the goods no longer going to the other... and further out to the Congo.The minister said that the railway projects are witnessing a qualitative leap to develop the railway system in parallel with the establishment of the express electric train. Last week, al-Wazir confirmed the ministry’s plans to extend its railway network by 15,000 km by 2024. He pointed out that the railway plan includes new areas, and railway linking projects with Arab and African countries, including Libya and Sudan. This is to transport people and goods together on one side and achieve regional development on the other. "We are planning to construct the Marsa Matrouh railway — the port of Jarjoub...and the construction of the Marsa Matrouh-Siwa line, and the extension of the Matrouh-Salloum line to the city of Benghazi in Libya," he said. What do you think, dear Reader: will captured slaves be the first to be transported to market along those roads, or drugs? Which jihadi groups will be the first to transport either? Posted by: trailing wife 2021-02-02 |
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