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Potential new rival to Rwanda rail link project

Central corridor: Burundi or Rwanda? © Indian Ocean Newsletter/Indigo publications

The viability of the Isaka-Kigali rail link project has been thrown into doubt by the new roadmap for the Central Corridor. [...] (449 words)

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