Angolan President Acknowledges Biden's Seriousness in Implementing Lobito Corridor

Angolan President Acknowledges Biden's Seriousness in Implementing Lobito Corridor

Luanda -- President João Lourenço on Wednesday thanked his US counterpart, Joe Biden, for his seriousness in fulfilling the promise made at the 2022 US/Africa Summit in Washington DC, related to the construction of the Lobito Corridor.

Biden Visits Angolan Museum of Slavery, Touts Investments to Exploit Central Africa’s Vast Resources

President Biden met his Angolan counterpart President João Lourenço in the capital Luanda on Tuesday, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the former Portuguese colony. Biden used the trip to promote the Lobito Corridor, a U.S.-funded multibillion-dollar rail and port infrastructure project connecting Angola to Central Africa, as multinational corporations seek to access the region’s vast mineral resources. Biden delivered a speech after t…

Biden Meets African Leaders in Angola to Advance Lobito Railway Project

U.S. President Joe Biden met African leaders in the Angolan port of Lobito on Wednesday to advance a plan to extend a railway that could channel critical minerals from Congo and Zambia to the West via Lobito, and counter Chinese clout in the region. As things stand, China is the main foreign player in Democratic Republic of Congo’s mining sector, which exports minerals considered critical for batteries and other industrial components key to tran…

Biden visits Angolan port city of Lobito to tout railway plans

After Donald Trump is sworn in as U.S. president in January, Washington is expected to take a harsher line with China and some officials have questioned whether U.S. support for the eastern route...