Kenyan Traffic Jam Clears After 60 Hours

Trucks stuck for 60 hours in a Kenyan traffic jam got moving again on Friday after officials opened another route, but haulage companies said they had lost millions of shillings in trade. Heavy rains swept away a stretch of road early on Wednesday, blocking lorries carrying goods to and from the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa, choking the main trade route into East Africa. A day later, the tailback of around 1,500 trucks was 50 km (30 miles) long, said drivers, many of them stranded...

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