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Burundi lays foundation for country's first railway linking to Tanzania

A carriage for the Tanzania's Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project is unloaded as Tanzania received 14 economy class carriages of South Korean company Sung Shin Rolling Stock (SSRT) at the port in Dar es Salaam on November 25, 2022. [AFP]

Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye on Saturday laid the foundation stone for a historic railway that will connect the country to Tanzania -- the nation’s first rail network.

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