Biden visits Angolan port city of Lobito to tout major railway plans

US President Joe Biden arrived in the Angolan port city of Lobito on Wednesday, the last day of a trip to Africa, to tout a plan to extend a railway that could channel critical minerals from Congo to the West. The United States has provided a $550-million loan to support the venture, which involves refurbishing an existing railway through Angola and extending it into Congo’s mining heartland as part of the first phase. No date has been given for its completion yet. FRANCE 24’s Emmet Livingstone reports from Kolwezi.