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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 United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Mary Catherine Phee has explained in details why Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is traveling to South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda from August 7th through 12th, asserting that the three African nations are significant players on the continent and across the globe.