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 confirmed on Tuesday that it is offering Americans ‘repatriation loans’ to depart Ethiopia immediately as the raging conflict between Ethiopian forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters and their allies worsens.