Despite President Biden's repeated pledges to be 'all in on Africa', US influence in Africa has declined during his term in office.
Despite President Biden's repeated pledges to be "all in on Africa ", US influence in Africa has declined during his term in office.US President Joe Biden met Africa n 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.
The presidents of Angola, Congo and Zambia and the vice president of Tanzania joined Biden for a summit in Lobito on the last day of his first and only trip to Africa as president. "The presidents underscored their conviction," a White House statement said,"that countries should not be held back from investing in their development by the need to service unsustainably high debt, and together committed to continue advocating for reform."
The US has funded feasibility studies for the second phase, but critics say it could offer China a rival route eastwards, undermining the entire project from Washington's perspective. The Lobito project is backed by global commodities trader Trafigura, Portuguese construction group Mota-Engil and railway operator Vecturis. There is no date yet for its completion.
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