Passengers board a train at the Nairobi Terminus of the Mombasa-Nairobi railway in Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 17, 2026. Stretching 472 km from the port city of Mombasa to the capital Nairobi in Kenya, the Chinese-built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) was launched on May 31, 2017. It is the first new railway built in Kenya since independence and a flagship project of China-Kenya cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)

This photo taken on Feb. 17, 2026 shows the Nairobi Terminus of the Mombasa-Nairobi railway in Nairobi, Kenya. Stretching 472 km from the port city of Mombasa to the capital Nairobi in Kenya, the Chinese-built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) was launched on May 31, 2017. It is the first new railway built in Kenya since independence and a flagship project of China-Kenya cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)

Passengers are pictured aboard a train from Nairobi to Mombasa of the Mombasa-Nairobi railway in Kenya, Feb. 17, 2026. Stretching 472 km from the port city of Mombasa to the capital Nairobi in Kenya, the Chinese-built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) was launched on May 31, 2017. It is the first new railway built in Kenya since independence and a flagship project of China-Kenya cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)

People arrive the Mombasa Terminus of the Mombasa-Nairobi railway in Mombasa, Kenya, Feb. 17, 2026. Stretching 472 km from the port city of Mombasa to the capital Nairobi in Kenya, the Chinese-built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) was launched on May 31, 2017. It is the first new railway built in Kenya since independence and a flagship project of China-Kenya cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)

This photo taken on Feb. 19, 2026 shows the Mombasa Terminus of the Mombasa-Nairobi railway in Mombasa, Kenya. Stretching 472 km from the port city of Mombasa to the capital Nairobi in Kenya, the Chinese-built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) was launched on May 31, 2017. It is the first new railway built in Kenya since independence and a flagship project of China-Kenya cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)

Elephants are pictured through the window aboard a train along the Mombasa-Nairobi railway at Tsavo East National Park in Taita-Taveta County, Kenya, Feb. 19, 2026. Stretching 472 km from the port city of Mombasa to the capital Nairobi in Kenya, the Chinese-built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) was launched on May 31, 2017. It is the first new railway built in Kenya since independence and a flagship project of China-Kenya cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)

Passengers walk past a statue of Zheng He, a renowned navigator of China's Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) who visited Africa for trade and friendly people-to-people exchanges, at the Mombasa Terminus of the Mombasa-Nairobi railway in Mombasa, Kenya, Feb. 19, 2026. Stretching 472 km from the port city of Mombasa to the capital Nairobi in Kenya, the Chinese-built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) was launched on May 31, 2017. It is the first new railway built in Kenya since independence and a flagship project of China-Kenya cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)

This photo taken on Feb. 17, 2026 shows a train at the Nairobi Terminus of the Mombasa-Nairobi railway in Nairobi, Kenya. Stretching 472 km from the port city of Mombasa to the capital Nairobi in Kenya, the Chinese-built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) was launched on May 31, 2017. It is the first new railway built in Kenya since independence and a flagship project of China-Kenya cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)