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 and Africa continued to strengthen ties last week and this week with a focus on beating COVID-19, helping refugees from Africa and around the world, finding peace in South Sudan and Ethiopia, countering hate speech, protecting fisheries and increasing diplomatic ties with African countries such as Senegal.
On June 17, for instance, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Senegalese Foreign Minister Aïssata Tall Sall in Washington, D.C., “to reaffirm the United States and Senegal’s commitment to mutual security and prosperity.”
