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Patrick Claes, a man who has a thing for African trains

Patrick Claes has been fixing African railway companies for over 20 years. In 2005 he teamed up with Eric Peiffer [...] (357 words)

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Andrian Jake
Camrail
Claude Kontcho
Comazar
Eric Peiffer
Jean-Marc Mougenot
Laurent Kabila
Madarail
Nicolas Gregoire
Nohine Lo
Patrick Claes
Sese Seko Mobutu
Setrag
Sizarail
SNCC
SNCF
Transnet
Transrail
Transurb
Vecturis
World Bank

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