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During his final overseas trip as president, Biden will visit Angola to focus on the country’s history and economic potential. He plans to visit a slavery museum and highlight a rail corridor that is part of his administration’s regional strategy.
Authored by Zolan Kanno-Youngs.
Zolan Kanno-Youngs reports on White House news and will be accompanying President Biden on Air Force One for his trip to Angola.
On Sunday night, President Biden will embark on a trip to Africa, starting with a visit to Angola. This visit is intended to recognize the difficult history shared between the two nations and to show a commitment to future economic partnerships.
The visit to Africa by Mr. Biden is the initial one by a US president since Barack Obama’s visit to Kenya and Ethiopia back in 2015.
It is expected that this visit to Africa will be President Biden’s final international trip while in office. He stated in 2022 his commitment to visiting the continent to show that the United States fully supports Africa’s future. Despite facing some delays, President Biden is currently on a three-day diplomatic visit to Angola. During his visit, he will tour a slavery museum and highlight a rail corridor that his team sees as a key demonstration of his administration’s economic approach in the region.
A project called the Lobito Corridor, costing $1 billion, aims to connect Angola with Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. These nations have valuable minerals needed for smartphone and electric vehicle batteries. President Biden is promoting this project to secure American access to these resources in Africa and to counter China’s increasing influence on the continent.
Foreign policy experts believe that even though the Biden administration is making efforts to strengthen relationships with Africa, the United States is still falling behind China and Russia in terms of economic and security influence on the continent.
According to Tibor P. Nagy Jr., who has served as an ambassador in Africa under both President Bill Clinton and the Trump administration, the United States has neglected post-colonial Africa as a low priority. He criticized administrations for creating ambitious African strategies without concrete actions to back them up, likening it to a lack of substance in the plans.
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