Biden Visits Africa to Highlight Signature Investment Project

The trip aims to lay the foundation for a new U.S. approach to Africa in response to growing communist Chinese influence on the continent, an official said.

President Joe Biden speaks at the leader's session during the U.S.–Africa Leaders Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington on Dec. 15, 2022. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

President Joe Biden is traveling to Angola on Dec. 1, underscoring the U.S. commitment to strengthening ties with the African country amid increasing geopolitical competition with communist China.

According to the White House, the outgoing president’s trip aims to counter Beijing’s growing influence in the continent and lay the foundation for a new U.S. approach to Africa that will endure beyond Biden’s presidency.