'Amtrak Joe' Biden uses his visit to Angola to promote a major African rail project
President Joe Biden is finding ways to celebrate trains in the waning days of his presidency thousands of miles from home.
Biden to spotlight Angola’s Lobito Corridor, his legacy to counter China in Africa
The $5 billion infrastructure project is aimed at securing critical minerals supply chains on the African continent
Biden to announce millions in African Lobito corridor funding
US President Joe Biden is expected to announce on Wednesday an additional $600 million in financing for projects along the Lobito rail corridor during his trip to Angola, according to a senior administration official.
Biden says the US is 'all in' on Africa during his Angola visit meant to counter China
President Joe Biden on Tuesday toured a slavery museum in Angola and inspected shackles and a whip, and he spoke of “our nation’s original sin."
What Biden's visit to Angola says about Lobito Corridor and US-China rivalry
When Joe Biden arrives in Angola on Monday on his first African visit as US president, he is likely to land at a China-built airport and then be driven along a highway also built or financed by China.
Biden arrives in Angola for historic Africa visit
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Modern world should never turn away from legacy of slavery, Biden says while in Angola
President Joe Biden said "there's nothing beyond our capacity if we work together" while addressing a gathering outside the National Museum of Slavery in Luanda, Angola, on Tuesday.
Biden uses his visit to Angola to promote a major African rail project
Biden is using his third and final day in Angola to showcase the Lobito Corridor railway, where the US and key allies are investing heavily to refurbish 800 miles of train lines in Zambia, Congo, and Angola.
Biden says 'US is all in on Africa' during Angola visit
Joe Biden arrived in Angola to promote the Lobito Corridor railway project, seeking to strengthen US ties in Africa. The trip is his last as US president before Donald Trump takes office in January 2025.
Biden to Mark US and Angola's Shared Slave Trade History
Joe Biden will use his visit to Angola on Tuesday, the first by a U.S. president to the sub-Saharan African country, to mark the two nations' shared history in the transatlantic slave trade. Biden plans to speak at the National Museum of Slavery in Luanda,
Biden visiting an African region critical to the U.S.-China rivalry
The president arrived Monday in Angola, his first trip to Africa as president and one of his final foreign trips in office.
What is Lobito railway project? Biden's counter to China's Belt and Roads initiative. Will Trump support it?
The Lobito Corridor, a railway project linking Angola, the DRC, and Zambia, is becoming a key part of US engagement in Africa ...
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Angola: Benguela Attracts World Attention With Lobito Corridor Summit
The world will have its attention turned to the city of Benguela this Wednesday, as a witness to the unprecedented Multilateral Summit on the Lobito Corridor, one of the highlights of the visit to ...
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In Angola, Biden plans to tout US investments and visit a slavery museum
A centerpiece of his trip is showcasing a U.S. commitment of $3 billion for the Lobito Corridor, a railway redevelopment ...
U.S. Faces Stiff Test Against Chinese Dominance in Africa
When President Biden visits Angola on Monday, he will promote a rail project meant to show America’s commitment to the ...
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Angola: President Biden Visits Lobito Atlantic Railway to View Copper Exports to the U.S.
The copper will then be loaded onto a vessel bound for New Orleans, in the United States, highlighting, once again, the strategic role of the Lobito Corridor in linking Southern Africa and ...
Angola bets US lobbying will pay off beyond Biden
Most Angolans and US-Africa watchers believe a Trump White House will keep the Lobito Corridor project in place.