{"article":{"id":229506,"heading":"Saifee Durbar: Railway Aid For Africa","author":"Long Haul Rail","created":"2009-08-13 09:12:26","modified":"2009-08-13 09:12:49","last_modified":"Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:12:49","article":"<p>London-based businessman Saifee Durbar has a novel approach to making Africa self sufficient. <br><br> Durbar plans to span Africa by linking Sudan in the east with Cameroon in the west with a railroad that goes through the Central African Republic. <br><br> Minerals and other raw materials found in the Central African Republic will be used to construct the railroad. <br><br> Saif Durbar sees this project as a completion of the vision for African ascendancy that started with the Suez Canal. <br><br> Project updates can be found at: <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/longhaulrail.wordpress.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/longhaulrail.wordpress.com\/<\/a> <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/africanrail.wordpress.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/africanrail.wordpress.com\/<\/a> <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/chemindafrique.wordpress.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/chemindafrique.wordpress.com\/<\/a> <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/transafricarail.wordpress.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/transafricarail.wordpress.com\/<\/a> <br><br> <\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/longhaulrail.wordpress.com\/","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Saif Durbar will span Africa with a railroad, helping it become more self sufficient.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2009\/08\/map_01.jpg","filesize":"23.2 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2009\/08\/229506.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2009\/08\/map_01.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2009\/08\/map_01.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}