US President, Joe Biden on Tuesday announced more than $1 billion in humanitarian assistance to Africa during a visit to Angola.
The visit is part of the United States showcasing a major infrastructure project aimed at countering China’s investments on the continent.
Biden, the first US president to visit the former Portuguese colony, met with his Angolan counterpart Joao Lourenco earlier in the day and was scheduled to visit the port of Lobito on Wednesday for an infrastructure summit.
Speaking at the National Slavery Museum on the outskirts of the capital Luanda, Biden, who will hand over to Donald Trump on January 20, said the United States was “all in on Africa” and pledged financial support.
“I’m announcing over $1 billion of new humanitarian support for Africans displaced from homes by historic droughts,” Biden said.
The assistance will “address food insecurity and other urgent needs of refugees, internally displaced persons, and affected…