Tanzania's vice president resigns in less than a year

DAR ES SALAAM, ‌Aug 26 (Reuters) - ​Tanzania's ​vice president has resigned less than a year into the job and President Samia ‌Suluhu Hassan has accepted the resignation, a ⁠government spokesperson said, without citing a reason.

Emmanuel John Nchimbi will ‌leave office on September ‌4, having served since November last year, the spokesperson added in Tuesday's statement on X.

"Constitutional procedures ​to appoint another vice president of the United Republic of Tanzania will be undertaken," it said.

Nchimbi ⁠was earlier the secretary general of the president's ruling party, Chama ​cha Mapinduzi (CCM).

He drew criticism from some in the party for remarks last month they ​considered unnecessary, when he told ‌an event hosted by a rights group that he would urge Tanzanians to ⁠fight for a new constitution.

"A constitution that leads us toward development, not just material and economic development, but ⁠the development of dignity and the human worth of every ​person living in Tanzania," Nchimbi said in the commercial capital of Dar es Salaam.

Hassan emerged the winner of last year's ‌presidential election, securing nearly 98% in a vote marred by deadly violence.

A government-appointed ‌inquiry panel said at least 518 people were ⁠killed in the unrest, ‌spurred by the ​exclusion of leading opposition candidates from the elections.

(Writing by Elias Biryabarema; Editing by Clarence ‌Fernandez)

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