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.
United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will discuss human rights and democracy when he sits down with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari next week, a State Department official told reporters on Friday, acknowledging that “it’s not an easy conversation,” to have.