{"id":83462,"date":"2025-05-17T17:04:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T17:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/united-nations-wants-lobito-corridor-to-serve-human-development"},"modified":"2025-05-17T18:11:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T18:11:46","slug":"united-nations-wants-lobito-corridor-to-serve-human-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/united-nations-wants-lobito-corridor-to-serve-human-development","title":{"rendered":"United Nations Wants Lobito Corridor to Serve Human Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) highlighted, in Luanda, the potential of the Lobito Corridor, arguing that the railway infrastructure should not only serve for connectivity, but for the development of populations.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lobito Corridor is a historic landmark [in the region], it is an infrastructure that connects people, connects markets and consequently creates jobs, but we also need to keep in mind the human component, not just as a connectivity factor\u201d, said Amina Jane Mohammed, in Luanda.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after a meeting with Angolan President Joa\u0303o Lourenc\u0327o at the Presidential Palace, the diplomat argued that infrastructure should contribute to socioeconomic development, with the creation of food systems across its entirety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are talking about transport, not just the transport of goods and services, but we also need to take into account how to create development for all the populations living along the corridor, also taking into account environmental issues, in such a way that it does not harm the environment while creating employment opportunities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In Angola, to strengthen bilateral relations between the Government of the Portuguese-speaking African country and the UN, the official also referred to the importance of \u201cstimulating the blue economy\u201d, within the scope of the actions of the Lobito Corridor.<\/p>\n<p>Amina Jane Mohammed argued that, for the specific case, it will be necessary to \u201clook not only at the land-based part, but also at its extension to the sea\u201d, ensuring that the issue will be addressed at the conferences and summits already scheduled by the UN.<\/p>\n<p>With the Angolan President, the United Nations official said that she addressed the issue of sustainable development in Africa, issues of peace and security, humanitarian crisis, global tensions, \u201cat a time when the world is experiencing turbulent situations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also talked about how we can leverage and develop Africa, especially taking into account the goals and visions of each country,\u201d he noted. Amina Jane Mohamed, who is visiting the Lobito Corridor, located in the Angolan province of Benguela, on Friday, also said that human development and gender issues were at the center of the conversation she had with the Angolan head of state.<\/p>\n<p>Anto\u0301nio Guterres&#8217; deputy, who is currently working in Angola, is the highest-ranking United Nations official to visit Angola, after former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2012.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Angola<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) highlighted, in Luanda, the potential of the Lobito Corridor, arguing that the railway infrastructure should not only serve for connectivity, but for the development of populations. \u201cThe Lobito Corridor is a historic landmark [in the region], it is an infrastructure that connects people, connects [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":83461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[329],"class_list":["post-83462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-angola"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>United Nations Wants Lobito Corridor to Serve Human Development - Angola<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) highlighted, in Luanda, the potential of the Lobito Corridor, ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/united-nations-wants-lobito-corridor-to-serve-human-development\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"United Nations Wants Lobito Corridor to Serve Human Development\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) highlighted, in Luanda, the potential of the Lobito Corridor, ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/united-nations-wants-lobito-corridor-to-serve-human-development\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Angola\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-17T17:04:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-17T18:11:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2025\/05\/sm_1747492876.899224.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/united-nations-wants-lobito-corridor-to-serve-human-development#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/united-nations-wants-lobito-corridor-to-serve-human-development\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"United Nations Wants Lobito Corridor to Serve Human Development\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-17T17:04:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-17T18:11:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/united-nations-wants-lobito-corridor-to-serve-human-development\"},\"wordCount\":404,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/united-nations-wants-lobito-corridor-to-serve-human-development#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2025\/05\/sm_1747492876.899224.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Angola\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/united-nations-wants-lobito-corridor-to-serve-human-development#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/united-nations-wants-lobito-corridor-to-serve-human-development\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/united-nations-wants-lobito-corridor-to-serve-human-development\",\"name\":\"United Nations Wants Lobito Corridor to Serve Human Development - 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