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.
The Biden administration has designated former Namibian government officials Bernhardt Esau and Sakeus Shanghala as “significantly corrupt”, making them ineligible for entry into the United States. Members of Bernhardt Esau’s family, his wife, Swamma Esau, and his son, Philippus Esau, were also barred from entering the United States.