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.
U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. spoke with democratic opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya of Belarus from Air Force One on Saturday after she attended his speech in Poland to rally support for Ukraine. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is a friend of Vladimir Putin and is believed to be assisting Russia in its devastating invasion of Ukraine.
