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 Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on Friday concluded her three-nation African tour that took her from South Africa to Angola and Gabon to deepen partnerships with the continent and warned against Russia’s war in Ukraine. In Libreville, Sherman met with Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba on Friday, a day after sitting down with Angolan President João Lourenço in Luanda on Thursday.