WASHINGTON, D.C. - Liberian President Joseph Nyuma Boakai on Wednesday made a direct appeal for increased American investment in his country's vast mineral wealth, as he joined a select group of African leaders at a luncheon hosted by U.S. President Donald J. Trump at the White House.

Liberian President Joseph Boakai has launched what his office describes as an unprecedented reconciliation campaign, overseeing memorial services for two assassinated presidents and issuing the government's first apology to war victims.

Access to the rail line will provide the company with the shortest export route from its Kon Kweni project in Guinea.