African continent

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Morocco’s Al Boraq: The First High-Speed Train in Africa

The high-speed train is the latest grand infrastructure project in Morocco

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The Middle East and North Africa: the spectre of drought

Desalination treatment that makes sea water drinkable is the hope for the future

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The relocation of Abu Simbel’s temples: how they were saved

The world's leading construction firms team up to rescue a pair of ancient temples threatened by the Nile

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African Free Trade: Growth, Prosperity and the infrastructure challenge

African leaders agree to lower barriers to spur economic growth

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Cape Town’s serious Water Crisis before Day Zero

Cape Town set to be world’s first big city without water

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Trans-African Highway: Roads and Railways to make cargo move

Transport infrastructure is required to help improve trade

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Infographics dedicated to Trans-African Highway

Launched in 1971 by UNECA, Trans-African Highway is actually a network of nine highways whose envisioned connections among one another would cover a combined total of 60,000 kilometres across the cont...

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Nanhui: A Different New City for China

Built from scratch, it aims to have 800,000 residents by 2020

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Bringing Energy to Africa

The continent needs investments to bridge the world’s widest energy gap