In the aftermath of Angola’s devastating civil war, in 2006, one of Africa’s most essential economic lifelines, the Benguela Railway, lay in ruins. For nearly a century, it had transported vast mineral reserves to global markets through the Port of Lobito on Angola’s Atlantic coast. But it was suddenly inoperable. Without it, the country’s resources were effectively stranded inland, unable to move to the port.
Enter China.
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