Also known as: President Samia · President Hassan · President Samia Suluhu Hassan · Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan
Samia Suluhu Hassan — President of Tanzania and African Union Champion for Maternal and Child Health, leading maternal health initiatives at AU summit in Accra.
President John Dramani Mahama and his Tanzanian counterpart President Samia Suluhu Hassan, have held bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the African Union AU Extraordinary Health Summit in Accra. …
… The two-day high-level summit, which was hosted by President John Dramani Mahama, brought together African Heads of State, as the Chairperson of the African Union, President Évariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi; President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania and President Romuald Wadagni …
… The high-level Summit brought together African Heads of State, including the African Union Chairperson, President Évariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi; President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania; and President Romuald Wadagni of Benin. …
… It further announced that President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania, the African Union Champion for Maternal and Child Health, will lead a side event on maternal, newborn, child and adolescent survival in partnership with the Accra Reset initiative. …
… Key leaders attending include UNFPA West and Central Africa Director, AU Commission leadership and Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who is leading a side event focused on maternal, newborn, and child survival. …
The African Union Champion for Maternal and Child Health, President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania, is expected to lead a major Call to Action on Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Survival during the AU Extraordinary Summit on Universal Health Coverage in Accra. …
… Several of Africa’s women leaders, including Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu Hassan and Malawi’s Joyce Banda, did not arrive at the top through an electoral mandate at all. …
… The documentary, titled What Happened on October 29?, seeks to provide what Hundeyin describes as a deeper and more complete account of the unrest that erupted after the ruling CCM party, led by Samia Suluhu Hassan, was declared winner of the polls. …
… African leaders who attended the ceremony included Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Félix Tshisekedi, South Sudan’s Salva Kiir and Somalia’s Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. …
President Mahama and Tanzanian President Hassan held a bilateral meeting in Accra to strengthen ties between the two nations. They called for the establishment of a Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation and an increase in trade volumes, with Ghana offering to share its mining sector experience with Tanzania.
President Mahama and Tanzanian President Hassan held a bilateral meeting in Accra to strengthen ties between the two nations. They called for the establishment of a Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation and an increase in trade volumes, with Ghana offering to share its mining sector experience with Tanzania.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission called for a decisive shift from commitments to implementation in advancing Africa's health agenda at an AU Extraordinary Health Summit in Accra hosted by President Mahama. The summit aims to galvanize political commitment to end AIDS and tuberculosis by 2030, reduce preventable maternal and child deaths, and strengthen resilient health systems across the continent.
At the African Union Extraordinary Health Summit in Accra, President Mahama urged African leaders and global health executives to secure the continent's health sovereignty through investment in health infrastructure, pharmaceutical and vaccine production. The two-day summit aims to galvanize political commitment to end AIDS and tuberculosis by 2030, reduce preventable maternal and child deaths, and strengthen resilient health systems across Africa.
President Mahama will host an Extraordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Accra from July 21 to 22, 2026, to discuss universal health coverage and strategies to end AIDS, tuberculosis, and improve maternal health across the continent.
Ghana's Health Minister Mintah Akandoh has called on African Union members to develop sustainable domestic financing mechanisms for healthcare rather than relying on external support, arguing that African nations must prioritise investments in their own health sectors to build resilient systems and reduce vulnerability to external factors.
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan, the African Union Champion for Maternal and Child Health, will lead a Call to Action on maternal, newborn, child and adolescent survival at the AU Extraordinary Summit on Universal Health Coverage in Accra beginning July 21, 2026. The summit will bring together African leaders, policymakers and health experts to discuss strategies for stronger health systems and address critical health challenges including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, maternal mortality and non-communicable diseases.
An opinion essay examines the gap between women's entry into politics and their advancement to leadership positions. Women hold only 14.9% of parliamentary seats and around 4.1% in local assemblies, ranking Ghana 147th globally for women's parliamentary representation, behind Rwanda, Senegal, and Namibia.
Award-winning investigative journalist David Hundeyin is preparing to release a documentary examining how international media organisations reported the violence that followed Tanzania's October 2025 General Election. The documentary, titled What Happened on October 29?, argues that the global narrative surrounding the events failed to capture the broader political context, and presents evidence suggesting the violence involved both domestic and external actors.
The United States has imposed sanctions on Tanzanian senior assistant commissioner of police Faustine Jackson Mafwele over his alleged involvement in torture and sexual assault of East African rights activists, including the detention and abuse of Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi and Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire in May last year.
President Yoweri Museveni, 81, has been sworn in for a seventh consecutive term following his January election victory with more than 70% of the vote. His main rival Bobi Wine rejected the result, alleging ballot-stuffing and fleeing the country, while Museveni pledged to focus on creating wealth and jobs over his term expected to end in 2031.