Author: Philipp Sandner & Emmanuel Lubega & Burak Unveren

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Four labourers in high-visibility clothing work on the track in Tanzania (image: Xinhua/picture-alliance)

Construction and infrastructure

Turkey supplants China in East Africa

Uganda is abandoning its Chinese partners and turning to Turkey to build a new railway line that will connect to neighbouring Kenya. East Africa is keen on improving its railway network as part of a pan-African project. By Philipp Sandner, Emmanuel Lubega & Burak UnverenMore

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