In 2011 funds were reportedly obtained to construct an extension from Nyala to Chad[18] - the financing was to be obtained from China.[19] In 2012 a contract to build a rail line from the Sudan-Chad border to the capital of Chad, N'Djamena was also reported to be signed.[20] But in 2014 it was reported that although Sudan and Chad had agreed to stop supporting rebels in each other's countries, the US$2 billion project had still not been signed nor started.[21]