Yemen in talks for Africa bridge

Posted: Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Sanaa

Yemen is in talks with a Dubai-based company to build a 14-km bridge across the Red Sea to the Horn of Africa country of Djibouti, a Yemeni official said.

A UAE newspaper said the project, estimated to cost $1 billion, could be launched within two months, though it was not immediately clear when it would be completed.

'The company and the government are still in negotiations,' a senior Yemeni government official said.

'This project, if implemented, will be a main gate between Africa and Asia. It is crucial for trade and tourism.'

UAE newspaper Al Bayan cited unnamed officials as saying that Dubai-based Middle East Development company was discussing the bridge project with both Djibouti and Yemen, an Arab country on the southwestern edge of the Arabian peninsula.

It said the project would span Yemen's Red Sea island of Perim across the strait of Bab Al Mandib to Djibouti.

As well as a motorway to carry cars and trucks, the bridge will include a railway track which will be used to transport goods imported from Russia, India and China to Africa, it said.Reuters

Building bridges between the Middle East and Africa

Bullshyt...this is just a front for Arabs to leave their sand dunes to occupy Africa even further. They simply want East Africa now. You don't need a bridge between the two to promote trade. How much commodities come from Africa go to Europe and America? Is there a friggin bridge connected them? When are our people going to wake up...especially those of us being used as tools for Arab hegemony.

I was being sarcastic about the building bridges..........Djibouti occupies one ofthe most strategic and busiest coasts in the world(Bab al mandib).It is also of strategic importance to the U.S in terms of theso called war on terror,there are several thousand U.S troops stationed there. The recent bombardment of Somalia was carried out from Djibouti.If you think this bridge projectwas a purely Arab decision, you have to think again.In fact i don't even think they would be allowed to do this without American permission.You cannot just build a bridge in the world's busiest shipping lane..... The largest c.i.a presence in Africa is in Adiss Ababaand Nairobi.They are also to establish anew command.All the political admins in East Africa from Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda , Tanzania to South Sudan are pro America ratherthan pro Arab.So i can't think of them occupying or even attempting to control any countries in East Africa, the only friendthey have isthe Sudan government. They(U.S) are more worried abouttheChinese making some headway into this region.

either way i don't see how all of these so called development projects help the poverty stricken people.They only line the pockets of multinationa companies and corrupt dictators both sides of the Red sea..........

My God East African

I agree 100% have you seen the technology at the airport in Addis Ababa?

These guys have intranet and have a massive database of everyone in and out of that country. All kinds of kit. info is sent back immediately to USA.

Even Kenya doesnt compare. but i swear to God , i have seen evidence of this first hand. The police in Kenya are on a mission to meet quotas, like we have to arrest this no. of Muslims and show that we are fighting a war on terror.