Africa: With Angola Trip, Biden Fulfils Promise to Visit Sub-Saharan Africa

Washington — Outgoing US president Joe Biden is headed to the Southern African country of Angola this week, fulfilling a key promise in a bid to shore up ties with the continent.

Biden, who will stay in the capital city Luanda from today to Wednesday, will be the first US president to visit the oil-rich country since it won independence from Portugal in 1975.

With the trip, Biden will finally be fulfilling a promise made in late 2022 to visit sub-Saharan Africa. He will also be seeking to boost…