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.
Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s first president who kept his grip on power for 27 years, died on Thursday at a military hospital in Lusaka, the country’s capital, where he was being treated for pneumonia. He was 97. Authorities declared 21 days of mourning after his death was announced by President Edgar Lungu of Zambia.
