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During his final overseas trip as president, Biden will visit Angola to explore its history and economic opportunities. He will visit a slavery museum and highlight a rail corridor that is part of his administration’s regional development plan.
Written 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.
President Biden is scheduled to start his planned trip to Africa on Sunday evening as he heads to Angola to recognize the historical relationship between the two countries and to express a commitment to future economic investment.
Mr. Biden’s visit to Africa marks the first time an American president has traveled to the continent since Barack Obama’s trip to Kenya and Ethiopia in 2015.
Mr. Biden is currently on his final trip abroad as President, fulfilling a promise made in 2022 to visit Africa and show support for its future. Despite some setbacks, he is now embarking on a three-day visit to Angola, where he plans to visit a slavery museum and showcase a key rail corridor as a symbol of his administration’s economic initiatives in the region.
A project called the Lobito Corridor, which has a budget of $1 billion, aims to connect Angola with Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. These countries are abundant in essential minerals needed for manufacturing batteries for smartphones and electric vehicles. President Biden is emphasizing this project to solidify efforts to increase American access to these crucial resources in Africa and to compete with China’s rising influence on the continent.
Foreign policy experts believe that despite the Biden administration’s efforts, 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 in Africa appointed by both President Bill Clinton and the Trump administration, expressed that Africa has been neglected since the end of colonialism. He criticized administrations for creating ambitious African strategies that lack substance, comparing them to a deceiving advertisement without real content.
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