Dodoma, May 14 -- Approximately 200 women parliamentarians from all 12 member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) are expected to gather in Dar es Salaam later this year after Tanzania signed a host agreement for the regions Womens Parliamentary Conference (WPC) 2026.

The signing agreement, involving representatives from the Forum of Parliaments of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (FP-ICGLR) and the Parliament of the United Republic of Tanzania, took place at the Bunge premises in Dodoma yesterday and was witnessed by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Mussa Zungu.

Speaking shortly after witnessing the signing, Speaker Zungu said it was an honour for Tanzania to host the even...