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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.
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and a senior administration official on Monday night detailed how al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was targeted and killed in a U.S. airstrike in Kabul, Afghanistan, at 9:48 p.m. Eastern Time, on July 30, 2022.