Why is Joe Biden in Angola? | The Take

Angola rolls out the red carpet for US President Joe Biden’s last-ditch trip to Africa. With just over a month left in office, what does Biden’s trip reveal about the US scramble to reassert itself in the continent?

In this episode:

-Cláudio Silva, Political Analyst

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
10:12 Correction: The map of Africa is from 1908. It is tagged in the video as 3 May 2024.
18:50 End

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Tamara Khandaker and Sonia Bhagat with Sarí el-Khalili, Hagir Saleh, Duha Mosaad, Cole van Miltenberg, and our host, Natasha Del Toro, in for Malika Bilal.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editor is Hisham Abu Salah. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

[naimomohamed]

If you see two countries fighting remember America has visited one of them

[edwinmhondera]

This is the craziest thing, go to Africa when he is on his way out. It's offensive. He should have done this at the start of his term. He doesn't have any more influence.

[terrylovesenegal]

Thank you Cláudio Silva for this interesting dialogue on AlJazeera!

[sebbvell]

All my love to Angola 🇦🇴 from Venezuela 🇻🇪

[jaygon]

without looting Africa... west collapse

[manuelcabonde]

Well done, Mr Claudio!
Really proud of you, my fellow countryman.
No spinning, so well informed, with accurate knowledge of the topics on Angola / USA.

[davidhurumadogosongs]

I don't see any importance of the president of America to visit Africa in the last time

[vin]

This is actually scary for the continent; everywhere the US goes, blood follows.

[marionfriedenthal]

What's he eyeballing in Angola? He hasn't graced us with his presence in 4 years!!!

[amycantwell]

US is all in ( for 1 month) for Africa. Too little too late.

[miguelserra]

The US backed Apartheid South Africa in the 80s when they pushed their colonial expansion beyond Namibia's borders and tried to takeover Angola. Luckily the Cubans came in and cut off their supply routes. Africa should never forget that the US is only interested in borrowing money that can never be paid back, looting resources, and ensuring there is sufficient destabilisation so that Africans can never rely on themselves.

[helioalves]

Well done Cláudio. Good observations 👍🏾

[augustocosta]

Claudio speaks very good English I’m an Angolan listening to you in England

[claudioabedgnego]

Claudio sounds like one of those Angolans who has been supported by the Angolan government in one of those English countries. But he is not happy. He wants to be known.

[valmir]

Claudio why didn't you mention that in Angola there is a lot of famine, millions of people live under the poverty line, that the Angolan regime is one of the most corrupt and one of the most repressive in the world and that democracy in Angola is just for show? Are you afraid for your life or what?

[xolanincube]

nice interview pure truth, thank you so much for interviewing relavant person.

[xyxlbtb]

Greetings from afar and near ❤️! In my opinion to devide African politicians from its citizens. Plight of keeping the third world third and no other nation get on the spectrum of industrial Independence. James in America Chicago peace be upon you if possible 🤨🧐🤔🕖❤️

[jikk]

We all should love everyone who loves the poor people and their countries in different shapes and colors which are also the creation of Allah Almighty.

[Jonathan-sli]

The biggest fool is the leader that red carpeted this lame duck, shame, Africa we don't learn!

[SohoJoe]

It’s time to pay homage to the Motherland of us all. Shalom to Angola