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https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/93de172fd1f1d46a290a86b919709a01986d056f/0_0_4175_2504/master/4175.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=9dcecd9a9a117033a228c619ba478a71US and EU are supporting infrastructure projects in Angola, which has historically been closer to Russia and China
When Joe Biden travels to Angola on Sunday, it will be the first trip to an African country of his presidency and the first to the continent by a sitting US president since Barack Obama visited Kenya and Ethiopia in 2015.
It is a marker of how Africa’s 54 countries are increasingly courted by global powers, drawn to the continent by geopolitical shifts and an abundance of minerals needed for electric cars and other battery-powered technologies.
