Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan issued a strong warning to foreign diplomats on Tuesday, cautioning them against “interfering” in the country’s internal matters. This comes amid accusations that Tanzania’s state security agencies are behind a series of abductions and killings of opposition figures, as the nation gears up for local …
Read More »Samia appoints new spy chief for Tanzania
President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday named Ali Idi Siwa as her new head of intelligence in a surprise move, replacing Saidi Hussein Massoro who held the position for less than eight months. In a two-paragraph statement, the Presidential Communications Unit gave no reasons for the abrupt change as Siwa, …
Read More »‘Mama Samia Love’ initiative brings in 60 US specialist doctors
A group of 60 medical specialists from the US will land here on Saturday to undertake surgeries to patients risking disability from dislocated joints due to arthritis It is the courtesy of ‘Mama Samia Love’, an initiative by President Samia Suluhu Hassan to provide medical treatment to people in the …
Read More »Tanzania makes radical shift in two years under President Samia
When President Samia Suluhu Hassan came into office nearly two years ago, Tanzania was on a completely different trajectory. President Samia has since presided over a raft of reforms that have changed the direction the country was taking under her predecessor, Dr John Pombe Magufuli, who died in office on …
Read More »President Samia receives Fifa World Cup trophy in Dar
President Samia Suluhu Hassan has on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, received the 2022 FIFA World Cup trophy at State House Dar es Salaam. The coveted Fifa World Cup trophy has arrived in Tanzania for the much-awaited, two-day tour. The trophy is on a world tour ahead of the World Cup …
Read More »Samia: How Tanzania used IMF, AfDB loans to improve livelihoods
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has defended her usage of loans from multilateral lenders, telling an audience in Accra that the institutions were her country’s lifeline in the Covid-19 pandemic. Samia, appearing on a panel alongside Presidents of Ghana, Mozambique, and Comoros, said the loans received from the International Monetary …
Read More »Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu: The African president with all-female security detail
Samia Suluhu Hassan has been in Tanzania’s political space for over two decades now, presently she is President of the East African nation. As a Muslim, she is always pictured with her veil as she undertakes her mandate of running the country of over 40 million. Soon after then Vice-President …
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