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 Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Monday detailed how Russia’s war in Ukraine is exacerbating food insecurity and hunger around the world, particularly in Africa, and urged world leaders to act.