US, EU Invest in Southern Africa’s Lobito Economic Corridor

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The United States and European Union effort to develop the Lobito Economic Corridor, which connects the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and Angola, has been hailed as a major initiative that will transform the three countries’ economies. US officials say President Joe Biden’s administration has made a commitment of three hundred and sixty million dollars toward the project, the largest US investment in infrastructure development in Africa. Kathy Short reports from the Zambian capital, Lusaka.