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China's Belt and Road Initiative: Kenya and a railway to nowhere

2023-10-14 07:16
A $5bn transport project, funded by Chinese loans, is in danger of becoming a white elephant.
China's Belt and Road Initiative: Kenya and a railway to nowhere

The first section of Kenya's Chinese-built railway was opened with much fanfare in 2017 - but two years later work on the tracks stopped in the middle of the country and the master plan of linking it to other landlocked countries in East Africa seems to have derailed.

This means the project is...