File:Djibouti Italian 1936-38.jpg

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English: Italians monopolizing the Djibouti railway station c. 1936-40.
The Franco-Ethiopian Railway connecting Djibouti to Addis Ababa was the most practical mean to reach southern Ethiopia and Addis Ababa from the coast, and the only feasible one during the rainy season. The French let the Italians use the railway and its facilities at will during their invasion and occupation of Ethiopia. A private commercial agreement was signed in Rome in July 1936, granting the Italians a substantial reduction in rates and further concessions were granted in 1938. The French-owned railroad company agreed to spend 70 million francs to increase the rolling stock, workshops, etc., to satisfy Italian needs. (Virginia Thompson and Richard Adloff, Djibouti and the Horn of Africa, Stanford University Press, 1968, p. 12)
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Author Cliché GB, Djibouti. Postcard issued 1936-38. In the public domain.

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This image (or other media file) is in the public domain in Djibouti because its copyright has expired. According to the chapter 3 of copyright law n°154/AN/06/5ème L (in French), copyright expires 50 years after author's death (art. 12).
  • In the case of photographs and applied art works, copyright expires 25 years after the work is created (art. 16).
  • In the case of cinematographic works, copyright expires 50 years after the work is created or released (art. 15).
  • Because of the partially retroactive character of the law and of the terms of the previous copyright law, the works whose authors died before january 1st 1981 and the cinematographic works released before january 1st 1981 are also in the public domain.

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