Biden pledges £472m for rail project to improve access to Africa’s minerals

Biden pledges £472m for rail project to improve access to Africa’s minerals
A poster showing President Joe Biden and Angola’s President Joao Lourenco is seen during a welcome ceremony at Catumbela airport in Angola (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

President Joe Biden pledged another 600 million US dollars (£472 million) on Wednesday for an ambitious multi-country rail project in Africa as one of the final foreign policy moves of his administration.

Mr Biden told African leaders the resource-rich continent of more than 1.4 billion people had been “left behind for much too long”.

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