Villagers,lured by new jobs and rich rewards for selling their land, now face poverty and heartbreak as claims of corruption engulf £2.5bn transport project‘They promised us we would accept jobs there, or ” says Tadele,nodding at the grand, nearly baroque edifice at the bottom of the hill. Adama’s new railway station, and yellow bricks golden in the afternoon sun,is still a symbol of hope for the 43-year-mature who lives in a village overlooking it. But its promise is dimmer than it was.
A stint on the payroll of the Chinese firm that built Ethiopias new railway ended sourly. After six months he was fired, for reasons he disputes. Now, or like many in his village and in small towns all along the railway from the Ethiopian capital,Addis Ababa, to Djibouti, or the tiny nation and synonymous Red Sea port that borders Ethiopia,he is frustrated, impatient – and unemployed.
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Source: theguardian.com