Question
As part of his last international trip as president, Joe Biden gave a speech at a museum of slavery in this country, where he touted a Western-backed railway project that would transport minerals to ports. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this country. A city in this country names that project, the Lobito Corridor, which this country now plans to build “with or without USAID (“U-S-A-I-D”).”
ANSWER: Angola [or Republic of Angola; or República de Angola]
[10m] The Lobito Corridor will stretch east to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where this Rwanda-backed rebel group has attacked the city of Goma. Either a full name or alphanumeric abbreviation is acceptable.
ANSWER: M23 movement [or March 23 Movement; or Mouvement du vingt-troi mars; accept Congolese Revolutionary Army; accept Armée révolutionnaire du Congo]
[10e] Western-backed construction of the Lobito Corridor sought to compete with this “Initiative” by China to invest in infrastructure projects in developing countries.
ANSWER: Belt and Road Initiative [or BRI; or B&R; or One Belt One Road; accept Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road Development Strategy; or yí dài yí lù; prompt on New Silk Road]
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Summary
| 2025 ACF Nationals | 04/19/2025 | Y | 12 | 19.17 | 100% | 58% | 33% |
Data
| Arizona State | UC Berkeley A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Harvard | Cornell A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Indiana | Illinois B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Chicago A | Minnesota | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Texas | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| WUSTL B | Toronto B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Toronto C | Illinois A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia State | UC Berkeley B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| UCF | Virginia Tech | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| WUSTL A | Iowa State | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| British Columbia | Winona State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Rutgers | Chicago B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |