On 11th-hour visit to Angola, Biden pledges lasting support to Africa

US President Joe Biden speaks with Angolan President Joao Lourenco at the presidential palace in Luanda, Angola on December 3, 2024. 

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Joe Biden pledged lasting US engagement with Africa on Africans' own terms as he met his Angolan counterpart Joao Lourenco in Luanda on Tuesday as part of his only visit to sub-Saharan Africa as US President.

Fulfilling a pledge to visit the continent during his term in office, which ends in January, Biden said the United States was "all in on Africa", a phrase he had used during a US-Africa summit in Washington in December 2022.