Paris, March 18 (AFP/APP): As Tanzania’s vice president Samia Suluhu Hassan is set to take over as head of state after the sudden death of John Magufuli, here’s a rundown of African women presidents. – Liberia: Pioneer Sirleaf – Dubbed “Africa’s Iron Lady”, Liberia’s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf made history when she became the continent’s first elected woman president in 2005. The economist, a former international civil servant and finance minister, won a second term in 2011 and the Nobel Peace Prize the same year. She stood down in 2018 at the end of her second mandate. Sirleaf managed to maintain … Continue reading Samia Suluhu Hassan set to take over as President