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Whole new cities for Yemen

Catherine Deshayes

Development and construction group Al Noor Holding Investment has announced plans to build two cities in Yemen and Djibouti...

Al Noor Cities - meaning the cities of light - will be located on opposite sides of the Red Sea and will be linked by a bridge and rail network.

The bridge across the Bab Al Mandeb Strait will connect Asia and Africa.

Dubai-based Al Noor, owned by Sheikh Tarek Mohammed bin Laden, plans to raise an initial investment of £134 billion and the total investment in the project will reach £671 billion.

The project will create four million jobs and take up to 20 years to complete.

Source: Zawya