A century on, French-built railroad in Ethiopia still 'a blessing'
A train operator assistant looks on at the old Franco-Ethiopian train station in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia on October 24, 2022. Over a century after the French laid a railroad in eastern Ethiopia, the old track remains indispensable. PHOTO | AMANUEL SILESHI | AFP
The train pulled out of Dire Dawa station with a creak and disappeared into the pre-dawn gloom, the lights that once illuminated its decades-old carriages having stopped working long ago.
