Angola: Biden to Visit U.S-Financed Angolan Rail Hub

Luanda/Lobito — U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday headed to a U.S.-financed African development project that weaves together his personal love of railroads with his desire to leave a legacy on the continent that will outlive his administration.

The Lobito Corridor is a 1,300-kilometer rail line stretching from copper-rich Zambia to the port of Lobito in the southwest nation of Angola. The network will form a “strategic economic corridor” under the Biden administration’s Partnership for…