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Kenya unease grows as Ethiopia becomes region’s largest economy

Addis Ababa / Djibouti train line. The 750 kilometre (460 mile) railway, built by two Chinese firms, links Addis Ababa to the Red Sea port city of Djibouti in about 10 hours. [AFP]

It is official: Kenya is not the largest economy on this side of the Sahara. That coveted trophy goes to Ethiopia.

Addis Ababa’s double-digit growth has seen Ethiopia speed past Kenya, leaving Nairobi at a precarious second position in economic ranking in Eastern Africa.

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