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.
Hours after the Ethiopian government launched another airstrike on Mekelle, the regional capital of Tigray, the United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, on Friday, spoke with the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to discuss topics of global importance, including the escalating conflict in northern Ethiopia.