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.
U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been briefed on the military takeover in Sudan, and the arrest and detention of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, the White House said on Monday.