Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu says she has in some circumstances handled the country’s top office better than other male presidents before her. The Tanzanian president said she faced challenges of mistrust during her first days in office because she is a woman – which she had to overcome. That I can run the country in the same way men do - that was the major challenge,” she said during a session organised as part of the annual African Development Bank (AfDB) meeting. “In the course of one year I have shown women’s power, I led the country the same way men did and in some circumstances better than they did,” she added. Ms Samia is Africa's only current female national leader - the Ethiopian presidency is a largely ceremonial role.

Source: The Star May 25, 2022 10:06 UTC