President Biden made what may be his diplomatic curtain call this month with a long-promised trip to Africa, becoming the ...

President Biden this week steps onto African soil for the first time in his presidency, in a visit to Angola seen by many as an attempt to leave a legacy. But China, analysts say, is threatening ...

Angola was firmly in the political orbit of China and Russia after independence from Portuguese colonial rule in 1975, but since taking power in 2017, President João Lourenço has steered it ...

President Biden is using the first visit to Angola by a U.S. president to promote billions of dollars of commitments to the ...

The visit to oil-rich Angola is part of a US effort to focus more on trade and investment in Africa, in what some analysts see as a counter to China’s influence on the continent. In his first ...

in some cases spurning traditional allies like China and Russia to do so. Image A view of Lobito Port in Benguela Province, Angola. Since Mr. Lourenço took office in 2017, he has met with Mr ...

U.S. Africa policy is often viewed through the prism of competition with China. If so, the United States has a long way to go ...

The U.S. is attempting to transform its relationship with Angola, still marked by the legacy of the Cold War, in order to compete with China’s growing influence, particularly over access to ...

President Joe Biden arrived in Angola on Monday for his long-awaited first presidential visit to sub-Saharan Africa and will ...

It’s also an effort to counter the influence of China, which has been heavily invested in Angola for years. During an interview at the presidential palace in the capital, Luanda, Mr. Lourenço ...

LUANDA, Angola (AP) — President Joe Biden arrived in Angola on Monday for his long-awaited first presidential visit to sub-Saharan Africa and will use the three-day trip to counter China’s ...