Tanzania's vice president resigns in test to the country's democracy

Tanzania’s vice president is resigning after less than a year in office

Emmanuel Nchimbi will leave office on 4 September, saying he promised to step aside whenever President Samia Suluhu Hassan felt the need for another deputy.

DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 26 - 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.

Tanzania’s Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi has resigned from office and announced his retirement from politics, saying he had become convinced that President Samia Suluhu Hassan wanted a different deputy.

Tanzanian Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi has resigned, the local Citizen newspaper said, amid reports that’s he’s fallen out with President Samia Suluhu Hassan.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Tanzania's Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi has announced his decision to resign from office on September 4, barely a month after he urged rights groups to "fight" for a new constitution.

Gianni Infantino defied a request by one of his FIFA vice presidents to stay away from an Under-14 soccer event in the Caribbean and instead made a rare public appearance during the global furor over his failed plan to sell future World Cup profits to private investors.

On Friday, Infantino had been asked not to go by Victor Montagliani, the Canadian president of Miami-based continental soccer body CONCACAF, to avoid being a distraction from the soccer games.

Gianni Infantino has defied a request by one of his FIFA vice presidents to stay away from an Under-14 soccer event in the Caribbean this weekend

Infantino defies FIFA vice president by going to youth event in Caribbean amid global soccer rift  AP News