JA DECRYPTION – With “98% punctuality”, according to Seter, the SNCF subsidiary which operates the line, the regional express train (TER) of Dakar connects daily, without major incidents, the Senegalese capital to the new town of Diamniadio. However, criticisms once morest the highly publicized tandem, Senegalese State / SNCF, are coming from all sides: “a white elephant”, “a cataclysm”, “a failure”.
“The Dakar TER has always been at the center of the debates, often with erroneous statements by the critics of the Senegalese president, whose criticisms are often unfounded”, argues a source familiar with the matter. Could the new agreement signed between the two partners silence the controversy? Young Africa takes stock in five questions.
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Despite criticism, SNCF will run the Dakar TER for another three years
Why has SNCF’s management of the TER been criticized?
Even before putting it on in circulation,
