( Chief White House Correspondent ) 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 Director General of the World Health Organization Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday accused the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali of intentionally starving Tigrayans to death by imposing one of the longest blockades in history in northern Ethiopia. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali attends the EU-Africa summit in Brussels, Belgium, in February 2022. He called on the Ethiopian and Eritrean governments “to end the siege now, get supplies into the region on a regular and sustainable basis, and work for peace.”

Source: Ethiopian News May 11, 2022 07:00 UTC