Noah Pitcher is a global politics correspondent for Today News Africa covering the U.S. government, United Nations, African Union, and other actors involved in international developments, political controversies, and humanitarian issues.
Michael Hammer has served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo since September of 2018. As the United States’ top diplomat to the repressive DRC, he wrote last week that freedom of expression “ is a foundational component of a vibrant, fully functioning democracy.”