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Biden to spotlight Angola’s Lobito Corridor, his legacy to counter China in Africa

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The Lobito Corridor is a $5 billion investment across multiple sectors that is intended to revitalize and extend the 1,300-kilometer Benguela railway line.

It will connect the 120-year-old Angolan port of Lobito on the Atlantic Ocean to the Democratic Republic of Congo .

Once operational, it will boost access to critical minerals for the U.S. and its partners, including cobalt and copper.

The Lobito Corridor is the "one palpable project that people can look at and say, If this is implemented, then maybe it would move things forward," analyst says.

Activists hope the U.S. will not set aside social and environmental concerns that have besieged projects under Chinese financing.

President-elect Donald Trump will enter office in January .

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