He told regional leaders Wednesday that “Africa has been left behind for much too long. But not anymore. Africa is the future.”

Joe Biden pledged lasting U.S. engagement with Africa as he met his Angolan counterpart Joao Lourenco in Luanda on Tuesday, as part of his first and only visit to sub-Saharan Africa as U.S. president.

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.

In becoming the first American leader to visit Angola, President Biden said it was important not to forget the ugly legacy of the human trade that originally defined relations with Africa.

The president will also announce initiatives related to global health and security cooperation, among other things, a senior administration official said.

U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in the Angolan port city of Lobito on Wednesday, the last day of a trip to Africa, to tout a plan to extend a railway that could channel critical minerals from Congo to the West.

President Biden is delivering remarks from the National Slave Museum in Luanda, Angola, on Tuesday morning, focusing on the relationship between the U.S. and the southern African nation. His

President Joe Biden is finding ways to celebrate trains in the waning days of his presidency thousands of miles from home

President Joe Biden arrived in Angola on a long-promised visit to Sub-Saharan Africa. The visit will focus on a US-backed rail project and the legacy of slavery.

Joe Biden is using the first visit to Angola by a U.S. president to promote Washington’s hefty modern investments in the sub-Saharan Africa nation and to see a slavery museum where he’ll acknowledge h