Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
Ambassador Mary Catherine Phee, President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s top diplomat for Africa was sworn into office on Thursday, September 30, 2021, by U.S. State Department Under Secretary Victoria Nuland, almost five months after she was nominated last April to take on one of the most difficult jobs in the world at a time when Africa is riddled with crises from Ethiopia in the East to Guinea and Mali in the West.