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July 06, 2013

SLeone, China sign $8 billion in infrastructure deals
Freetown (AFP) July 05, 2013
Sierra Leone's President Ernest Koroma said on Friday that he had signed deals for a new international airport, a railway and raft of other huge construction projects totalling $8 billion during a recent visit to China. Koroma, who returned from the week-long trip on Wednesday, said the business included a $1.7 billion deal with the Kingho Energy Group to build a port, mine, power plant and 250-kilometre (155-mile) railway. He said he had also finalised a $300 million deal with the Chinese Railw ... read more

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