Hot connectionThe other pay-off for the Congo government from Tshisekedi's Trump play is that it has encouraged continuity with the President Joe Biden-era US support for the $866 million rehabilitation of the Lobito railway that connects Kolwezi and the Congolese Copperbelt to the Atlantic coast 1 300 kilometres away...

Accompanying it is the Forum on Resource Geostrategic Engagement (FORGE) initiative replacing a President Joe Biden-era plan with price floors for exporters entering long-term off-take agreements – a mechanism that African mining ministers have requested...

After that the United States became his priority agreeing a defence and security partnership during Joe Biden's presidency and a health deal with Biden's successor Donald Trump...

A similar event had been postponed weeks earlier in January 2025 reportedly after a phone call from Antony Blinken then Secretary of State in Joe Biden's administration (AC Vol 66 No 5 Hemeti struggles to launch in Nairobi again)...

The US government took a stake in it under President Joe Biden...

During his first term Trump had placed Nigeria on the list but in 2021 President Joe Biden removed it arguing that people of all faiths were under attack...

Former United States President Joe Biden made his first and only African trip to Luanda last December (Dispatches 27/11/24 Expanding the Lobito corridor)...

CONGO-KINSHASA: REAL AND EXTERNAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS The Trump administration has continued with his predecessor Joe Biden's policy of pressuring the Congolese government not to allow any further mining asset sales to Chinese companies...

Officials in US President Joe Biden's administration voted against creating the UN convention in the General Assembly...