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.
United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced on Wednesday that Ambassador Michael Hammer has been appointed to replace Ambassador David Satterfield as U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa. Satterfield was on the job for a few months after he replaced Jeffrey Feltman last year.