Reported claimRated Partly true The claim: ‘To date, 24 African women have served as heads of state or govt across 17 different countries, but only 3 | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia) Samia Suluhu Hassan (Tanzania) and now Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (Namibia) | have actually won elections through direct popular vote,’ is partly true in that while Sirleaf and Ndaitwah have directly contested and won elections, the same cannot be said of Hassan. She is currently completing the remainder of the term of Magufuli, her predecessor who died in March 2021. · FactCheckZW
FactCheckZW rated the claim “To date, 24 African women have served as heads of state or govt across 17 different countries, but only 3 | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia) Samia Suluhu Hassan (Tanzania) and now Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (Namibia) | have actually won elections through direct popular vote.” Partly true The claim: ‘To date, 24 African women have served as heads of state or govt across 17 different countries, but only 3 | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia) Samia Suluhu Hassan (Tanzania) and now Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (Namibia) | have actually won elections through direct popular vote,’ is partly true in that while Sirleaf and Ndaitwah have directly contested and won elections, the same cannot be said of Hassan. She is currently completing the remainder of the term of Magufuli, her predecessor who died in March 2021..
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