President Joe Biden of the United States of America is scheduled to visit Africa in October. It will be his first-ever visit to Africa as his four years as President begin to wind down.
Biden’s visit will be in the tradition of U.S. presidents who tend to visit Africa in the wee days of their presidencies. Only Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton broke from the norm.
During the United Nations General Assembly in New York recently, the White House announced the trip to Angola. The president will spend time in the capital city of Luanda from Oct. 13 to Oct. 15 to discuss economic partnerships and a vision for Africa’s first transcontinental open-access rail network connecting the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, among other issues.
“The President’s visit to Luanda celebrates the evolution of the U.S.-Angola relationship, underscores the United States’ continued commitment to African partners, and demonstrates how collaborating to solve shared challenges delivers for the people of the United States and across the African continent,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
Mr. Biden had long pledged to visit Africa as president but without specific plans to follow through. In May, the president said he would visit the continent in February after he was reelected.
“I plan on going in February after I am reelected,” Mr. Biden said as he greeted Kenyan President William Ruto at the White House in May.
But Mr. Biden’s decision to exit the race for president altered that calculus, casting the trip to Africa in doubt.
Biden’s foreign travel will also take him to Germany before his return to the White House.
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