Pipeline project expected to generate thousands of jobs

A joint venture is in the works to build two pipelines from the Congo River in DRC to the Middle East. The project, known as the ‘Solomon Pipelines’, was initiated last year, according to a statement from the Western Trade Corporation (WESTRAC), a Congolese company based in Kinshasa, and a partner in the project. One of the pipelines will go to the Middle East via Port Sudan, covering some 2,000 km. The other one will go through southern Africa via the Okavango delta and will cover 1,000 km. The other company involved is the US Sapphire Aqua corporation.

The statement said WESTRAC was given the rights by the DRC government to build and operate the pipelines to deliver “much-needed water to those arid regions”. “Water will be given free as a humanitarian gesture by the DRC government to help alleviate the dangerous political tensions in those regions caused by the critical scarcity of water and to promote world peace,” the statement said. The project is expected to generate thousands of jobs.