The historic first trip by a US president to the sub-Saharan African nation aims to spotlight a 2.8 billion euro US-backed railway project, designed to counter China’s influence on the continent, including its Belt and Road Initiative.
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00:00U.S. President Joe Biden was welcomed by his Angolan counterpart Joao Louenso on Tuesday
00:08as he began his visit to Angola. The historic first trip by a U.S. president to the sub-Saharan
00:14African nation aims to spotlight a €2.8 billion U.S.-backed railway project designed
00:21to counter China's influence on the continent. Biden will also pay a visit to a slavery museum
00:27where he'll acknowledge the trafficking of human beings that once linked the nation's economies.