A Fuel Pipeline Between Ethiopia and Djibouti, Pitched as Energy Security

The BBC reports on a fuel pipeline linking Ethiopia and Djibouti. The stated aims are twofold: strengthening energy security in landlocked Ethiopia, and creating jobs at Djibouti's port. Both are prospective benefits attached to the project, not measured results — Ethiopia has no coastline, so the port side of the corridor is where the economic activity would concentrate.