02-06-2024, 06:32 AM
(01-06-2024, 11:18 PM)j.smith Wrote: Has Barbara Plett Usher moved permanently to Africa? I may have missed this but she was previously State Department Correspondent in Washington, D.C. but her Twitter account now says she is Africa Correspondent and is based in Nairobi - she is currently in South Africa reporting on the election.
If so, do we know if anyone has replaced her at the State Department?
I believe there was a minor shuffle not so long ago. The previous Africa correspondent Andrew Harding moved to cover Paris in August, Barbara moved to South Africa and Tom Bateman has taken over her role at the US state department having previously covered the Middle East. There’s been a lot of different reporters there over the last few months, but I believe Hugo Bachega arrived there in November and has ‘Middle East correspondent’ in his X bio.