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.
In an interview with Alessandra Galloni of the Reuters NEXT Virtual Global Conference in Washington D.C. on December 3, 2021, United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was asked about Ethiopia once again, and whether the Biden administration has any other tool to bring about peace and stability in the Horn of Africa nation.