Tanzania's vice-president announces resignation in unprecedented move
"I have become convinced, without doubt, that the president wants changes, and I have therefore decided to fulfil my promise," Nchimbi wrote in his resignation letter referring to the pledge he had made to Samia.
In a move unprecedented for Tanzania, Vice-President Emmanuel Nchimbi has announced he is resigning and will retire from public life at the end of next week less than 10 months after being sworn in.
Nchimbi, who will be the first vice-president to step down since independence in 1964, explained he was quitting in line with a promise he made to the president that he would go if she felt another vice-president was needed.
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