Tanzania expels top United Nations official

Tanzania's President John Pombe Magufuli

Tanzania has expelled the top official of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the country, the foreign ministry has said.

It ordered Awa Dabo, a Gambian, to leave because her relationship with some of her staff had become strained, resulting in the UNDP's performance in Tanzania deteriorating, it added.

The ministry said it wanted to remind the UNDP to work with the government.