New railway links north and south Sudan

[kitayabi]

http://af.reuters.com/article/topNew...62B01Y20100312

[kitayabi]

JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Sudan on Thursday inaugurated a railway linking the north and south for the first time since decades of civil war ripped Africa's largest country apart.

Officials said the railway will provide a crucial economic link and lower commercial transportation costs.

The 446 km (277 mile) railway was originally built in the 1960s and will re-connect the town of Babanusa in central Sudan to Wau town, deep in the war-ravaged south.

"It will be the lifeline of the area, the cheapest way to bring in goods including from Port Sudan," said Mohammed Bashir, the engineer in charge of the project.

Two million people died, mostly in the south, during the civil war that ended with a peace deal in 2005. It gave the south a semi-autonomous government and a 50 percent share of oil revenues from southern wells.

Relations between the north and south remained troubled, with fighting erupting at least three times. It is widely expected that the south will choose to separate from northern Sudan in a January vote on independence.

There are a few, poor roads between the south and the north but they become almost impassable during the long rainy season, said Nhial Bol, Director General of Railways in the semi-autonomous south's transport ministry.

He said restarting the rail link was delayed by arguments over whether the north or south should fund the project.

The railway was paid for by the World Bank-administered Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF). Two-thirds of the $46 million cost was provided by the Sudanese government and the rest footed by international donors, Bashir said.

Bol said commercial trains will begin running soon once the ticketing system is organised. He said a tender had recently been released looking for a company to assess the feasibility of extending the railway from Wau through three other southern towns including Juba and then to northern Uganda.

[kitayabi]

[kitayabi]

interesting how the SPLM didn't chip in

[badro96]

Originally Posted by kitayabi

interesting how the SPLM didn't chip in

They are no more than a bunch of incompetent amateurs!

By the way, you can see the railway track by clicking on this link: It doesn't look as if it cost 1 million, let alone 46!

http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article34393

Probably it is purely for transferring goods, because from the looks of it, it's probably quicker to jog rather than getting on one of them trains!

Nonetheless, a welcomed step forward. Let's keep on pushing!

[kitayabi]

Originally Posted by badro96

They are no more than a bunch of incompetent amateurs!

By the way, you can see the railway track by clicking on this link: It doesn't look as if it cost 1 million, let alone 46!

http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article34393

Probably it is purely for transferring goods, because from the looks of it, it's probably quicker to jog rather than getting on one of them trains!

Nonetheless, a welcomed step forward. Let's keep on pushing!

The locomotive looks actually new so it probably won't be that slow. The only benefit of the line is that it links the South with the North. The GOSS can ignore this line or use it for imports either way its little skin off our noses.

[kitayabi]

Originally Posted by badro96

They are no more than a bunch of incompetent amateurs!

!

corrupt incompetent amateurs, 50 years of war and what exactly have they brought to the South.

[kitayabi]

[chiefayic2]

Originally Posted by kitayabi

interesting how the SPLM didn't chip in

FYI.....Multi Donor trust fund being manage by World Bank is meant for funding reconstruction projects in South and some war affected areas in North. Do you know why there was a debate over funding of the project? Because the rail passes though parts of north that are not affected by war....that's why.

Since South has money in MDTF, GoSS let World Bank used some of that money to fund its share of the project while GoNU had to pitch in to cover its part.

Now, is it still "interesting how SPLM didn’t chip in"?

[chiefayic2]

Originally Posted by kitayabi

50 years of war and what exactly have they brought to the South.

Oh! So you need reminding? Well, the mother of all their achievements is coming in matter of months.

[kitayabi]

Originally Posted by chiefayic2

Oh! So you need reminding? Well, the mother of all their achievements is coming in matter of months.

enjoy failure alone then

[BUTEMBO21]

Originally Posted by chiefayic2

FYI.....Multi Donor trust fund being manage by World Bank is meant for funding reconstruction projects in South and some war affected areas in North. Do you know why there was a debate over funding of the project? Because the rail passes though parts of north that are not affected by war....that's why.

Since South has money in MDTF, GoSS let World Bank used some of that money to fund its share of the project while GoNU had to pitch in to cover its part.

I hope the GoSS doesn't screw up in dealing with the Poison houses.(IMF and Bank).

[chiefayic2]

I am not aware of any GoSS dealing with IMF. As for World Bank, they are just managing Multi Donors Trust Fund (MDTF). After the signing of Peace some countries donated money for humanitarian and reconstruction activities in South Sudan and other war affected areas in Sudan.

The business of World Bank is making sure the money is use wisely. Thus, if GoSS or any party in Sudan want money in MDTF to fund a certain project, it is World Bank's job to make sure that particular project meets the requirements. They are representing donor nations if you like.

That said, thanks for the concern.

[badro96]

Originally Posted by kitayabi

enjoy failure alone then

This is definitely the comment of the day! Hahahah, very funny indeed 'Enjoy failure alone'...

[chiefayic2]

Originally Posted by kitayabi

enjoy failure alone then

Originally Posted by badro96

This is definitely the comment of the day! Hahahah, very funny indeed 'Enjoy failure alone'...

50 plus years with you at the helm, Sudan has been a proven failure. Yet, you unashamedly still want to talk of supposedly pending failure of others......You are surely one of your kind.

[kitayabi]

Originally Posted by chiefayic2

50 plus years with you at the helm, Sudan has been a proven failure. Yet, you unashamedly still want to talk of supposedly pending failure of others......You are surely one of your kind.

and what do you think was the core reason of Sudan's failure. Since 1996 the North has developed vastly tell me what's changed in the South development wise the only bridge crossing the nile in the South was built under nemeri's time and the SPLM allowed it to partially collapse. All development projects are all ways coordinated by the SPLM never funded though.

[badro96]

Originally Posted by chiefayic2

50 plus years with you at the helm, Sudan has been a proven failure. Yet, you unashamedly still want to talk of supposedly pending failure of others......You are surely one of your kind.

Sudan was a failure because we (Northerns) decided to live together with some barbaric bushmen who have no civilisation whatsoever, and still fight and kill over cattle!

Nonetheless, since we decided to let you sort out your mess on your own, we started moving forward, building roads, dams and bridges, while you barbarians keep on killing each other.

The brutal truth is that you have never, at any stage in the history of Sudan, had the capabilities and the human resources to build your own country. Even as we speak today, your ministers and MPs are being called to attend courses in South Africa to be taught how to govern. As much as it's sound pathetic for some (like us in the North), it is probably good news for others (like you), because you probably have more capabilities than Deng Alor to apply for the position of a foreign minister in your future country.

There is no point in dragging over this, because there is no argument in the first place. Nobody gave it to us in the North, we worked hard to earn everything. However, no matter how you work hard you will never be productive, because you don't have the sense of nationalism. History proves that, and this is even further illustrated in how your sorry SPLM fought against Northern Governments. We in the North fought colonisation single handily, at no stage you were part of that. Even the few of you who participated carried our own ideologies, beliefs and were raised up in the North, like the Great Ali Abdel-Laif.

I feel sympathy for you, because you as people, you seem to be very lost and illusioned about the fact that having a country of your own will get you where you want. You got used to blaming us for all your troubles, even when a Neur group of thugs kill and loot some other Dinka thugs, you blame the Northern government for supposedly arming the Neur.

Good luck with your country mate, and hopefully Riek Machar will not split again from the SPLM to form his own political party upon your independence. Who knows, maybe even Deng Alor and Malik Aggar will decide to start a new rebel group!

[chiefayic2]

Ouch! Somebody is bitter! You know what fellas, accepting that there are things which cannot be....is an effective way of overcoming sense of defeat. You can throw whole of the tantrum there is in the world.....But, you damn right know it will not change anything.

Now, your shallow mindedness is just too great......And I hardily got time to spare. So,

[kitayabi]

bye bye cheyfic

[badro96]

Originally Posted by kitayabi

bye bye cheyfic