AFRICA: Transport ministers from Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Niger, Benin and Togo have agreed an action plan for the development of an international rail network.
The proposed network connecting the cities of Abidjan, Ouagadougou, Niamey, Cotonou and Lomé would have a total length of 3 034 km. of this, 1 946 km would be upgraded existing lines and 1 088 km would be newly built.
The agreement was reached at a West African Economic & Monetary Union meeting in Abidjan on May 5.
TOGO: A Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan to reduce dependency on motorbikes and taxis in Lomé is being drawn up by French consultancy Systra and local partners Artim Développement and AGECET. More than 2 million people live in the capital, representing around a quarter of the country’s ...
AFRICA: French industrial conglomerate Bolloré has completed the sale of its Bolloré Africa Logistics business, including three railway concessions in Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Bénin and Niger.
Longstanding plans for construction of a north-south metro line in the capital of Côte d’Ivoire have progressed slowly, with only 4∙4 km of the route so far cleared for the main work to start.
