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An empty airport, a railway to nowhere and China鈥檚 trillion-dollar plan

Railways and ports are all part of China鈥檚 Belt and Road initiative.

China is pouring billions of dollars into other countries鈥 infrastructure projects - some of which have been hugely successful. In this episode we鈥檙e asking why and also take a look into some of the plans that haven鈥檛 quite panned out. Nikhil Inamdar tells us about a Sri Lankan airport with no travellers and Anne Soy takes us onboard Kenya鈥檚 鈥渞ailway to nowhere鈥.

Plus we here from Celestine Karoney about the hopes and dreams for the brand new African Football League.

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Presenter: Alex Rhodes
Producers: Emily Horler and Mora Morrison
Researcher: Dan Eboka
Editor: Verity Wilde and Simon Peeks

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