ABIDJAN, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Cote d'Ivoire has officially joined the Praia-Dakar-Abidjan Multimodal Corridor, a major regional highway project spanning over 3,000 km across eight West African countries.
According to a statement from a Cabinet meeting held Monday in Abidjan, the country's largest city, the Ivorian government approved its participation in the development of the corridor, which stretches 3,164 km and includes 600 km of maritime links. The corridor will connect Cape Verde, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire.
Led by the Economic Community of West African States, this initiative aims to boost connectivity and regional trade, modernize infrastructure, and attract foreign investment to Cote d'Ivoire and neighboring countries.
The section of the corridor in Cote d'Ivoire, extending 790 km from the Liberian border to Abidjan, passes through several major cities in western and central Cote d'Ivoire, including Toulepleu, Guiglo, Daloa, and Yamoussoukro, the Ivorian capital, before reaching Bingerville, just outside Abidjan.
In Bingerville, the corridor is set to link with another regional highway that connects Abidjan to Lagos, Nigeria, over a distance of 1,028 km, passing through Accra (Ghana), Lome (Togo) and Cotonou (Benin). ■
