Lobito Corridor: DRC approves the railway line rehabilitation project

Kinshasa,  July 13^th, 2026 (CPA).- The matter concerning the public-private partnership for the Lobito Corridor rehabilitation project on the Democratic Republic of Congo side has been approved by the Congolese government, according to a statement from the Ministry in charge of Transport, Communications and Accessibility seen  on Monday by CPA. “The Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Transport, Communications and Regional Development has presented to the Council of Ministers, for consideration and approval, the dossier relating to the public-private partnership with the company Mota Angel S.A. concerning the Ilebo–Kolwezi–Lubumbashi–Sakanya railway line, the Congolese section of the Lobito corridor,” it is read. According to the source, this project involves the complete rehabilitation of this railway line and the development of an entire ecosystem with significant economic, financial, social and geostrategic impact around the Lobito Corridor. The Lobito Corridor is a major rail and logistics network project linking the port of Lobito in Angola to the mining centres of DRC and Zambia. It aims to drastically reduce transport times for the export of strategic minerals (copper, cobalt) to Europe and the United States.ACP/