{"article":{"id":230284,"heading":"Saifee Durbar: Increasing African Self Sufficiency","author":"Long Haul Rail","created":"2009-09-13 18:14:43","modified":"2013-11-11 01:00:59","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 09:00:59","article":"<p>Saifee Durbar has a plan to increase Africa&rsquo;s self sufficiency. <br><br> By building an east-west railway from Sudan to Cameroon, he will, for example, open up markets for Sudanese agricultural products throughout Africa, and he will also make it possible to ship minerals from the Central African Republic via ports on the west coast or the Suez Canal. <br><br> In a recent interview, Saif Durbar, who is based in London, said &ldquo;it is a viable project&rdquo; <br><br> <\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/longhaulrail.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/18\/african-self-sufficiency\/","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Saifee Durbar has a plan to increase Africa\u2019s self sufficiency.","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2009\/09\/230284.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":230420,"heading":"A true philanthropoist","article":"I wish Saif Durbar spent more time in America. Unlike those greedy people at Wells Fargo, he puts something back into the community.\r\n\r\nI'm glad he's doing this project and aiding the refugees in Darfur.\r\n\r\n","author":"Recession Victim","parent_id":230284,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2009-09-21 10:02:24","modified":"2009-09-21 10:02:24","fileurl":""}]}