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.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali did not meet with U.S. aid chief Samantha Power when she was in Addis Ababa between August 3 and August 4, 2021, to seek peace in the war-torn Tigray and provide humanitarian assistance to the millions of people at an increased risk of famine. However, her message and the actions she took there spoke louder than that missed opportunity.
