Biden caps Angola visit with stop at train terminal at western port
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Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema, Angolan President Joao Lourenco, U.S. President Joe Biden, DRC President Felix Tshisekedi and Tanzanian Vice President Philip Isdor Mpango pose for a photo in Benguela, Angola, on Dec. 4, 2024.
In the blistering midday heat at Angola’s largest port, U.S. President Joe Biden beamed Wednesday as he shook hands, one by one, with nine smiling hard-hatted workers. He had journeyed all the way from Washington to meet them at the terminus of an ambitious 1,300-kilometer, U.S.-financed rail line that brings critical minerals out of Africa’s remote interior.
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