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During his final overseas trip in office, President Biden will visit Angola to explore the country’s history and economic prospects. 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 a trip to Angola.
On Sunday night, President Biden will start his much-anticipated journey to Africa by going to Angola. The visit is intended to recognize the difficult and lengthy history shared by the two countries, as well as to pledge to a future of economic support and development.
President Biden’s visit to Africa is the initial one by a U.S. president since Barack Obama’s trip to Kenya and Ethiopia in 2015.
This trip is expected to be President Biden’s final international visit before the end of his term. He promised in 2022 to visit Africa to show the United States’ commitment to the continent’s future. Despite some setbacks, President Biden is now embarking on a three-day diplomatic tour of Angola. During his visit, he will tour a slavery museum and emphasize a rail corridor that symbolizes 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 countries 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 in the region.
Even though the Biden administration has been making friendly overtures, experts in foreign policy believe that the United States is still falling behind China and Russia in terms of economic and security influence in Africa.
Tibor P. Nagy Jr., a former ambassador to Africa appointed by President Bill Clinton and later by the Trump administration as assistant secretary of state for African affairs, pointed out that the US has neglected post-colonial Africa as a 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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