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 United States has evacuated and facilitated the evacuation of approximately 105,000 people since August 14, bringing the the total number of evacuees since the end of July to 110,600, a White House official said on Friday.