Africa Matters

The Bridge of Horns: Africa’s Bold £100 Billion Gateway to Asia

Our Correspondent | Africa Guardian Plans are underway for a groundbreaking project to connect Africa and Asia with what could become the world’s largest suspension bridge. Estimated to cost £100 billion, the proposed “Bridge of Horns” would stretch an astonishing 20 miles across the Red Sea, linking Djibouti in East Africa to Yemen in the Middle East. Engineering Marvel…

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Saudi border guards kill hundreds of Ethiopian migrants

Saudi border guards have fired “explosive weapons” on Ethiopian migrants trying to cross through Yemen into the Gulf kingdom, killing hundreds since last year, Human Rights Watch said today. The allegations, which Riyadh did not immediately comment on, point to a significant escalation of abuses along the perilous ‘Eastern Route’ from the Horn of Africa to Saudi Arabia, where…

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