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 government on Monday confirmed that Tigrayan forces were withdrawing from some northern regions of Ethiopia as the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali backed by China continues to gain the upper hand in the yearlong conflict.