Samia woos Russia as Europe blocks funding

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Tanzania’s counterpart Samia Suluhu Hassan attend a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia June 3, 2026.

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The European Parliament has voted to block disbursement of €150 million ($174 million) to Tanzania over what it considers unaddressed issues around the controversial October 29, 2025 election and its bloody aftermath.

The House adopted a motion tabled jointly by David McAllister, chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Barry Andrews, chair of the Committee on Development, sealing the fate of that development funding package.