The revival of the Ethiopia-Djibouti railway line

[@zembaba8030]

westerns don't like when we are growing

[@mateusmahumane8990]

I was surprised to hear the gentleman interviewee saying that Ethiopians don't like the Chinese investment. Can the Ethiopians get the same investments fro France?

[@zembaba8030]

the door is open for France too as long as they put their post colonialism thoughts in the grave. Do you know why they care about this news ? They thought that they are the guardian of Djibouti

[@abdullahiahmed3425]

Zembaba we are Somali we don't need France or Ethiopia

[@abdullahiahmed3425]

Zembaba and afar

[@zembaba8030]

but still somalia is in crisis , ethiopia were helping your country ;figthing al shebab

[@jerrypaul9440]

It seens that french miss the colonel period much.

[@Ruby-dc3wp]

Freanch never colonized Ethiopia

[@elahgast]

@@Ruby-dc3wp ask kongo

[@ahmedikawika2204]

@@Ruby-dc3wp only Liberia and Ethiopia didn't get invaded (colonized as they say)

[@revol148]

@@ahmedikawika2204 so the Italians didn't invade Ethiopia in the 1930's.....are you quite sure ?

[@ahmedikawika2204]

@@revol148 idk Google said only Liberia and Ethiopia didn't get (colonized)

[@terryyoung5135]

Some Frenchmen still missed their old days of being as Africa's master and have a feeling of being lost when they found out chinese have overtaken them there,so they said bad things about China.

[@cinnamonstar808]

"China lend 70%... it means Ethiopia paid 30% down & financed the balanced 😂" Europe is swallowed in debt ..way over their GDP but they have never covered any new project or building with those words. They use "investment, partnership" etc. . If you pay for lunch for African friend. 🎤"foreign aid fed you " ..how you Africans feel about being support by foreign investment? WESTERN MEDIA is ridiculous. placate their true feelings of a hater.

[@Isochest]

I dont think the French would care much,

[@MichaelMan-pz9od]

😂yes, maybe somefeeling about old Vitenam

[@ambessashield9360]

Ethiopia and Djibouti focus on development

[@williamwooten2677]

Jonte Ded amen

[@NextSound170]

Forward Mother Africa

[@juleth3739]

ethiopia is growing so fast.....just became the bigggest economy in east africa

[@samreynolds3789]

Because of OUTSIDERS You ALL INVITED IN, to TAKE OVER!

[@mulusawalter779]

Proud of you my good neighbors Ethiopians,from Kenya

[@ahmedibrahimhassanhajiali]

Investing in abroad decisions by China has less bureaucracy bottlenecks than the foreign investment decisions by the western countries. That is the reason many African countries contact China for big project investments in their countries.

[@revol148]

@Ahmed Ibrahim Hassan haji Ali true: most western investors would rather leave it to the Chinese to get involved in economically questionable projects such as this over priced railway - the westerners prefer safe projects like the extraction of oil where the returns are greater.

[@DerpEye]

China's investment in Africa is a double edged sword. They are buying the continent. The chinese neocolonization is much worse than the old western one, believe me. They build, yes, but almost no country has ever been able to repay the chinese back. So the infrastructures and land becomes chinese property.

[@joeawk]

@@DerpEye become Chinese property. Could the Chinese send it back to China? Can't Africans use it?

[@RaghunandanReddyC]

@@joeawk how did colonialism work? It would be similar. Ask Sri Lanka.

[@joeawk]

@@RaghunandanReddyC debt trap? Go deeper. Look at the total loans of Sri Lanka. Look at how they have used the loans. See the sources, from whom the loans were taken. You then can stop your debt trap stupidity. Ohhh, colonialism. That's robbery. Get yourself right.

[@Dragons_Armory]

Love Ethiopia !!!

[@tonychen1515]

Mmm....sour, all this show smelling sour

[@Isochest]

But Ethiopia and China have managed this well. Don't blame Western people just our probably human flesh eating so called "elites"

[@BeyondBorders00]

This is a great topic to cover. Please post more like this in the future. Excellent!!!

[@warsame2901]

Vive Djibouti Vive Ethiopia Vive China

[@hadaskebed5491]

Happy to see this .

[@bircruz555]

"Built and paid for by China?" How about "Built and financed by China?" Shading the language. Eh? The pompous French never disappoint, the Condescending tone and language and all! The French have no footprint in Ethiopia. Nada.

[@Ruby-dc3wp]

France never colonized Ethiopia

[@gtctv7000]

1:00 "his home village Dire Dawa"... VILLAGE???? the place has 500k inhabitants.. thats bigger than toulouse.

[@muffinfighter3680]

Greetings from Ghana to Ethiopia and Djibouti ❤❤❤

[@Isochest]

This should make Ethiopian Highways safer!

[@Deontjie]

I hope Africa can afford this Chinese line. Kenya is livid with the amount the have to pay back to Chinese.

[@yonasat6740]

Dire Dawa is not a village . it's a city

[@yang5159]

Not cheap quality goods but top best trains township at 30% of Western cost and time West don't have capability to build trains cross African continent

[@revol148]

+Jim Sia "west don't have capacity to build trains" - well clearly the entire continent of Africa doesn't either !

[@porkysharma8423]

@@revol148 clearly you have never been to the African continent it seems.

[@revol148]

@@porkysharma8423 Apart from Mauritania, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Ethiopia,Djibouti,Burkina Faso, Ivory coast, Togo,Benin, Ghana,Senegal,Gambia,Guinea-Bissau, Tanzania and Uganda you'r basically correct !

[@homegrown4126]

It is Nice to have this train . I travel tooo much time thank you

[@brahimbmzo490]

It is my first time hearing that France built a railroad system in one of it is former colonies. Usually, it is a British thing.

[@acunamatata6531]

thank you china

[@yaoguoli3955]

Connections lead to prosperity.

[@MegalopsykhiaLIN]

🇨🇳🇨🇳

[@A.D.540]

Ethiopia steel has the railway that was built by France before WW2 ? It going to be used in ethiopia museum as part of history to future generation.

[@CarpsterKing]

Erect a Museum to remind the future generation of how the west colonized and plundered the whole African continent and left the countries poor and desolate ... Show the enslavement of African countries by western nations and to remind them NEVER to trust the Europeans and US again.....

[@paultremblay4836]

Ethiopian should put more Flowers,more plants, public bathroom with suage system in the city.

[@mateusmahumane8990]

Yes, but show them the money first before you make the suggestion.

[@somalisavage3714]

Paul Tremblay U want some flowers?

[@alazar4391]

You are right. we have a lot to work on. thanks!

[@blackstar19gammaburst85]

@@somalisavage3714 by his grave?

[@amanuelzelalem7448]

Dire Dawa is not a village or town, it's a city.

[@fredpeterarope3240]

Can i ask something, what happened to Victor the driver who was the train pilot of the old train?

[@sami71816]

France took DJBOUITY for 100 year form ethiopia but they make it their port forever

[@dinisrealm3240]

Samuel Alemayehu , in your world everything belongs to Ethiopia. Djibouti & Ogadenia were never Ethiopian

[@ykmvp1870]

Djiboutians are ethnic Somalis

[@nytoaddis76]

Ethiopia never owned Djibouti.

[@TheBebelehaut]

Does anybody understand what those two were talking about at the end?

[@pukichorpac2759]

Now it looks like city bus, crowded by controband sellers.

[@ALWH1314]

This economist is bias and wrong, Europe and America are also in need for infrastructure investment but they won’t buy from China. Case and point, Boston purchased Chinese light rail and violated ‘national security ‘. Therefore Africa is a natural market for China. Also, to build infrastructure is at Africa countries’ discretion, unlike French or Britain, China didn’t occupy Africa and force any country to build anything or have to buy from China. I’m sure French and German’s strong fast train companies are more than capable building the Africa rail road, maybe a lot more expensive though. As for debt trap theory, Gyude Moore stated at Paulson Institute ‘China forgave, restructured or extended loans 87 times since 2000 and traded equity for loan one time at Sri Lanka. Africa leaders are smart enough to choose.’ These loans and investments is a small price for China to gain international political support and access to a growing market without western god complex.

[@tonnyanthonys2159]

Ethiopia wasted a lot energy fighting Italians, and failed to get hold on the territory that Geographically belongs to them like the punt land and Eritrea

[@baydhabo72]

DayDreaming 😂😂 Land of Punt is Land of Somalis & Eritrea was Never yours, never had & will be yours Zoothopian!!

[@Isochest]

It's a pity the rail staff of the old narrow gauge railway aren't retrained for the new railway. The new railway will take trucks off the road and decrease emissions and oil imports. The other spinoff is renewable electricity 100% clean and indigenous for the Ethiopian people.

[@nousername5673]

True. Ethiopia and Djibouti have immense geothermal and solar potential with Ethiopia also having lots of hydro potential and exploiting it.

[@zat0076]

you didnt help to upgrade, china did and u are complaining..smh

[@barbarbarbar2]

The old railway should transport kettle

[@ggagg57]

we understand

[@Dihorse371]

Win-win & value for money. Why r the westerners so sour?

[@deconstructionreclaimingth5885]

it was finance by Chinese investment, they will be paid back. It was not free.

[@paierwang]

should it be free？not fair ，right？ china do business by equality，we are not westerners

[@revol148]

@@paierwang you Chinese are screwing the Africans even more than us Europeans - you are even more racist towards the blacks than even we are !

[@mesfineshetu1603]

We Ethiopian do more with Chinese Africa will bast place for living

[@ruslialias7064]

Years of western colonization what did they did in africa nothing .

[@michaelsebuala1895]

congratulations african nations ..

[@yvng4697]

👏👏👏

[@สุวัฒน์ต.วรพานิช-จ8ฎ]

It's a nuisance not a revival, tu comprend?

[@アフリカンウィーブ]

If this a French channel, why is this in English

[@AfrikanTribesman]

That it's a loan means it's financed by the tax payers...but no, let's make it sound like the Ethiopians have been done a great favor. They've been given a railroad network by China. Let's make that clear as we start the segment...it makes for better news.

[@acunamatata6531]

forward

[@benassefa62]

Jean-Joseph Boillot said Ethiopian authorities are a minority and China does get a bad image out of that! Sir Jean-Joseph in your stay in Ethiopia you obviously haven’t learned anything besides strengthening your assumptions that you’ve held on for the past 35years. And how on earth does France channel choose to speak to this guy with speaking disabilities?

[@laopang91362]

Chase after the new cheese!

[@tiyamichael7473]

Tegorarasu staskenu.😥🤔

[@rohitmishra9517]

The old railway line , they just dumped ??? I think it is very strange act. China could have overhauled that old line with new line and electrification, it could have been much more cheaper.

[@bernardtan9058]

Talking nonsense and outdated views !!

[@acunamatata6531]

vive la France est l'ethiopie

[@theanswer3021]

DEEZ NUTZ

[@ahmedibrahimhassanhajiali]

It is a fact.

[@skinnypeoples3650]

🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@nousername5673]

Wrong flag. 🇪🇹

[@DerpEye]

It's very nice of the chinese to build the railroad. The question is: what did they want in exchange? China is buying out africa step by step.

[@capdriving]

confuse why china not france or british

[@michelng5630]

Collin Huey France has the technology, but can’t compete with China. England has neither the technology or the capability to help finance the project.