Biden fulfilling promise to visit Africa as US looks to counter China’s deepening influence in region
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Biden fulfilling promise to visit Africa as US looks to counter China’s deepening influence in region

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CNN — President Joe Biden will fulfill a two-year promise to visit Africa as he departs Sunday night for Angola, a trip aimed at highlighting US investment in the continent under his watch in the face of China’s deepening inroads in the region. While China and Russia have made inroads in the continent, a senior administration official previewing the trip argued Biden “put us back on the field” by “offering this alternative” to China through US-backed investments. “This is what President Biden’s wanted: to transform our relationship in the region, to offer a different – more – investment, but with higher standards.” The Biden administration has sought to shift its strategy in Africa from one of development assistance and charity toward investment in specific countries, the senior official said. “While, of course, I can’t speak for the next administration, I think there’s a lot of reason to assume that some of these initiatives will continue on,” a second senior administration official previewing the trip said, adding that the Lobito Corridor is “paying dividends for all of us.” The US views Angola as a key partner, cooperating on economic, technological and scientific initiatives in the region, and Angola has played a key mediating role in the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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