Tanzania: First female defense minister ignites gender debate
By DW
25 September 2021 |
9:57 am
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan caused a stir after she appointed Stergomena Tax as defense minister. She becomes the first woman to hold the critical portfolio since the country's independence.
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