Through the provision of electric vehicles, modernization of public transport, development of energy infrastructure and ...

Nigussie beamed with joy as he described his newfound liberation from the nightmare of traffic jams and the time-saving benefits of the Addis Ababa Light Rail Train (AALRT), which was put into ...

Newly planted trees line the Piassa-Mexico-Sarbet-Gotera-Wollo Sefer corridor in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ... public transport can significantly improve its functionality. BRT, light rail transit and ...

On Sept 20, 2015, Addis Ababa's light rail project officially commenced operations. The 31.3-kilometer light rail line is not only Ethiopia's first urban light rail network, but also the first ...

Things go from bad to worse for the capital’s ailing light rail system as it comes to light that more than half of the train cars under the Addis Ababa Light Rail and Railway Corporation are ...

A train operating on the light rail in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiopia owes several international lenders worth about $27.4 billion and most of the debt falling due. Ethiopia, like most sub-Saharan ...

After news emerged last month that Addis Ababa’s light rail system was grinding to a halt for want of functioning trains, China has agreed to provide $23m-worth of spare parts, South China Morning ...

China has come to the rescue of the Chinese-built Addis Ababa light rail transport service, agreeing to provide spare parts worth 155 million yuan (US$23 million) for the struggling network’s ...

When it was inaugurated in 2015, the Addis Ababa Light Rail was heralded as a banner project of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. By then, China had become known for its infrastructure feats at home.