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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.
The Ethiopian government on Tuesday declared a state of emergency and called on its citizens to pick up arms and prepare to defend Addis Ababa, the capital, as the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters continued to make significant gains.