Algeria: Recovery elusive as expansion plans await funding

Tous les trains sont à l'arrêt

With no passenger trains operating in the 10 months from March 2020 to January 2021, the future for Algeria’s national operator SNTF looks uncertain. Christian Scasso contrasts political aspirations with a bleak outlook on the ground.

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