Biden's three-day trip to Angola starts Monday and promotes the Lobito Corridor development that he has pushed as a new approach in countering some of China's influence and dominance of Africa's critical minerals.

President Joe Biden will fulfill a two-year promise to visit Africa as he departs Sunday night for Angola, a trip aimed at highlighting US investment in the continent under his watch in the face of China’s deepening inroads in the region.

Joe Biden headed to Angola on Sunday for a trip that will deliver on a promise to visit Africa during his presidency and focus on a major U.S.-backed railway project that aims to divert critical minerals away from China.