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Editorial | Jul 04, 2026

Economic Myopia, The Flawed Case Against the Awash–Mekelle Railway

The assertion that the Awash to Mekelle railway constitutes a “loss making investment” by Abiy Ahmed may carry rhetorical force, yet it does not withstand rigorous scrutiny when examined through the lens of long term economic strategy, state continuity, and the fundamental logic of infrastructure development. Indeed, when one takes into account that the project was launched by the previous regime shortly before the incumbent administration assumed office, the critique becomes not only analytically weak, but politically evasive....

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