;2015 Various links. • West African rail loop of 2740 km. •
Abidjan to
Ouagadougou line. • proposed new 1000mm gauge line linking
Niger and
Parakou in
Benin • rehabilitation of the existing line from
Parakou to port of
Cotonou in
Benin. • new link to
Lomé in
Togo. On 8 April 2019 Ghana's Ministry of Railways Development reached an agreement with GERC to construct the
Tema -
Accra -
Koforidua -
Kumasi eastern line. In 2020 the government of Ghana ordered new standard gauge rail equipment, and the Ghana Eastern SG line was approved. In 2022, the businessman Jeremie Taieb became the Head of the Strategic Steering Committee, in order to finance the project with international donors. In April 2025 a
standard gauge (1435mm) "Sahel Railway" connecting the
landlocked countries of
Mali,
Burkina Faso and
Niger was announced. This railway would be paid for by nationalisation of
Gold,
Uranium and
Cotton industries in these three
Sahel countries and also remittencies from national
disaspera. / == See also ==