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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 has commented for the first time on the military takeover in Sudan on Monday that led to the arrest and detention of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, wife Muna Abdallah, and several civilian ministers, including the minister of information.