Egypt builds 6,000 km railway to Sudan

Egypt is building a 6k km railway line connecting Upper Egypt with Sudan to facilitate trade between the two countries, according to Egypt Today. The railway will link Abu Simbel to the Sudanese town of Abu Hamad within 36 months. Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia had agreed to create a joint fund to raise capital for a network of railway lines and roads connecting the three countries back in 2018.