Tanzania’s government has ordered the expulsion of the local head of the United Nations Development Programme in the country.

The country’s foreign ministry says Awa Dabo a Gambian national, suffered poor relations with her work colleagues and UNDP management.

Dabo is believed to have already left the country.

Some observers in Tanzania have criticised the decision to expel Dabo, saying she was targeted following her criticism of a disputed election in the semi-autonomous island archipelago of Zanzibar in 2015.