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 White House was asked on Tuesday to explain why it is not giving Ethiopian refugees who have been fleeing violence for more than a year the same opportunities as Ukrainian refugees who are being forcibly displaced following the Russian invasion.