Biden Hosts Angola’s Leader for Talks of Rail Corridor, Energy Security

Angola's President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco meets with US President Joe Biden in the Oval office of the White House, Nov. 30, 2023, in Washington. Angola

U.S. President Joe Biden hosted the president of oil-rich Angola for the first time Thursday, with the leaders focusing on a $1 billion, U.S.-funded rail development that aims to connect the oil-rich nation’s ports to the continent’s resource-rich interior, and in doing so, perhaps loosen China’s hold on the continent.