Kazungula, Zambia - A road and rail bridge linking Botswana and Zambia was inaugurated on Monday, marking the completion of a multi-million-dollar project aimed at easing congestion at border crossings throughout the southern African region.
"This will lower the cost of doing business," Zambia's President Edgar Lungu said at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, anticipating"an increase in trade and competitiveness, job creation, tourism and other positive ripple effects". An aerial view of trucks waiting in the long queue to cross the river over the Kazungula bridge in Kazungula, Botswana. Picture: Monirul Bhuiyan/AFP