On Monday, the Moroccan rail office announced that engineers are preparing to test Africa’s first high-speed railway this week, with trains reaching 320kilometres (200 miles) per hour.

The ONCF reported that one train reached 275kph (170 mph) on Monday, along a stretch of track between the northern cities of Kenitra and Tangier. ‘This is already the fastest train on the African continent,’ declared French Foreign Ministe, Jean-Yves Le Drian, who was in Morocco to sign a loan deal between the ONCF and the French Development Agency.
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