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Angola: Biden ‘Proud’ to Be in Angola for Unprecedented Visit

Angola: Biden ‘Proud’ to Be in Angola for Unprecedented Visit

US President Joe Biden has said he is “very proud to be the first American president visiting Angola” at the start of talks with his counterpart João Lourenço.

Discussions at the presidential palace in the capital, Luanda, were on security and trade.

The US government is backing a new 1,300km (810-mile) railway project linking an Angolan port with mining areas in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.

The visit to oil-rich Angola is part of a US effort to focus more on trade and…

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