Noah Pitcher is a global politics correspondent for Today News Africa covering the U.S. government, United Nations, African Union, and other actors involved in international developments, political controversies, and humanitarian issues.
In his first formal press conference since taking office, U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. spoke for over an hour, highlighting humanitarian issues around the world and asserting that now is the time to stand up for the future of democracy. However, Africa did not come up in the discussion once.
