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 Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 but has come under intense scrutiny for pursuing war and death rather than peace and stability, did not meet with President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s top official Samantha Power when she traveled to Addis Ababa on Wednesday but her message was loud and clear: stop the war in Tigray and allow humanitarian access to avoid famine.