Luanda - US leader Joe Biden's three-day visit to Angola continues to make the headlines in the world press, with analyses from a wide variety of angles.
According to Fox 59, Joe Biden is taking advantage of the first visit to Angola by a US President to promote Washington's major modern investments in this sub-Saharan African nation and to see the Slavery Museum, where he will recognize how human trafficking once linked the economies of the two nations.
It adds that a central part of his trip is to showcase the US commitment of three billion dollars to the Lobito Corridor, a railway redevelopment linking Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Angola that aims to facilitate the export of raw materials across the continent.
The project aims to promote the US presence in a region rich in minerals used in batteries for electric vehicles, electronic devices and clean energy technologies.
For years, the US has built relationships in Africa through trade, security and humanitarian aid. The 800-mile (1,300-kilometer) railway upgrade is a different move and has nuances from China's Belt and Road foreign infrastructure strategy in Africa and other parts of the world.
The Herald Sun writes that Biden arrived in the Portuguese-speaking, oil-rich country for a visit focused on a multinational project to rehabilitate a railway line that transports minerals from inland countries to the Angolan port of Lobito for export.
It adds the fact that the authorities in the Angolan capital have decreed two days off (December 3 and 4).
The Chicago Tribune reports that the US statesman arrived on Monday for his long-awaited first presidential visit to sub-Saharan Africa, to the applause of thousands of people in Angola, where he will highlight an ambitious rail project supported by the US.
The “Jornal de Notícias (JN)”, emphasis is placed on the fact that, on arrival, US President Joe Biden greeted members of the Angolan resident community at the 4 de Fevereiro international airport, where he was received by the Angola’s Foreign Affairs minister, Téte António.
Air Force One, the plane carrying the US head of state, landed as planned at around 5.55pm and was waiting for it, as well as the head of Angolan diplomacy, the governor of Luanda, Luís Nunes, among other individuals to greet the US president.
Joe Biden was also awaited by members of the US community, whom he greeted for a few minutes, including military personnel and some children.
On Fox 2 Now, the headlines also refer to the fact that thousands of people applauded Biden's arrival in Angola for his long-promised visit to sub-Saharan Africa.
The pages of The New York Times refer to Biden's arrival in Angola for the only visit to sub-Saharan Africa of his presidency and perhaps his last trip abroad before leaving office.
It goes on to describe how Air Force One landed in Luanda, the Angolan capital, around sunset and Biden made his way to an event to greet staff at the US Embassy.
Biden had long promised to visit sub-Saharan Africa, but the trip was postponed until the final weeks of his presidency. He is the first US president to travel to the region since 2015.
According to CNN, Biden is keeping his promise to visit Africa, stressing that the trip provides another opportunity to cement relations with a key US partner in Africa.
Via the BBC, reporters describe that the visit seeks to underline an attempt by the United States to focus more on trade and heavy investment in infrastructure.
The same perspective is described by Spain's El País.
Fox News also points out that President Joe Biden's trip to Angola is seen by many as an attempt by the statesman to leave a legacy. SC/TED/AMP
