President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique has opened a Chinese-built bridge in the capital Maputo on Saturday that cost $785 million, saying it would help link northern and southern Africa.
The twin-tower suspension bridge stands 141 meters above Maputo Bay, 680 meters-long and joins the city center to the outlying district of Katembe.
It will also directly link the capital to the border of neighboring South Africa by road for the first time.
Nyusi at a rally following the inauguration SAID the completion of this bridge guarantees the connection of southern Africa to the north over land.
