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.
Top Biden officials are traveling to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to strengthen ties with another African nation, even as the administration is raising concerns over the military takeover in Burkina Faso earlier this week.