China and Zimbabwe Have Negotiated for Years to Modernize Zim’s Decrepit Railway. Now It’s Time to Get Something Done.

Zimbabwean Filmmaker Zororo Makamba breaks down in easy-to-understand terms how the country’s rail network has fallen into such a state of disrepair, despite years of efforts to revitalize it. Makamba argues that it’s critical that the government work with Chinese and other partners to find a way to rebuild the railways now that East Africa’s economies are beginning to integrate with one another.

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