People work at the construction site of the electric railway in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia on April 27, 2014. The first overseas electric railway built to Chinese standards started having its tracks laid in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, on May 8, 2014. The railway, which will stretch 740 kilometers linking Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa with Djibouti's capital Djibouti, is expected to be completed by the end of 2015, with a total investment of 4 billion U.S. dollars. (Xinhua/Liu Yu) |