Tanzania, July 24 -- Dar es Salaam. Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi has urged Tanzanians to continue pushing for a new constitution, describing it as the foundation for broader governance reforms and stronger protection of citizens' rights.

Speaking on Friday, July 24, at the Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THRDC) General Assembly in Dar es Salaam, Dr Nchimbi said the country's priority should be securing a constitution agreed upon by all key stakeholders, arguing that it is the supreme law upon which all other reforms depend.

"If I were asked as the Vice President to tell Tanzanians only one thing, I would say: fight to get a new constitution. A constitution that has the agreement of all stakeholders, a constitution built on...