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.
The U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power on Tuesday met with UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed to discuss “the urgent response needed to address the grave humanitarian crisis in Tigray, Ethiopia,” USAID acting spokesperson Pooja Jhunjhunwala said in a statement on Wednesday.