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.’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs Ervin Massinga told reporters on Friday that human rights will be ‘front and center’ during Antony Blinken’s first in-person trip to Africa as Secretary of State next week, while the worsening conflict in Ethiopia will come up a lot in the discussions with Kenyan, Nigerian and Senegalese leaders.
