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.
Despite pleas from American lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives, U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Thursday issued a proclamation terminating AGOA trade agreement with Ethiopia, Guinea and Mali, three African countries, over human rights abuses and coups.