by johnthefireman
I think if you read what Kato wrote, he says there were rebel attacks on the line around 1977 and subsequently (ie nearly forty years ago), but it was restored to operational state, and it ceased in 2008 not due to rebel attacks but due to the abysmal state of the line and delays by a European maintenance company. While obviously there are rebel groups operating in some parts of Africa (not least where I work, in South Sudan), I think generalisations about "the all too numerous rebel groups" are inaccurate and don't really help African countries to develop.