Tanzania
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- April 25, 1977, amended in October 1984
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law; partial revision of legislative acts by the judiciary
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly (Bunge)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Permanent Investigation Commission; Court of Appeal and High Court, district courts, primary courts
RELIGIONS
30% Catholics, 35% Muslims, 35% indigenous beliefs (Zanzibar, over 99% Muslims)
From the country
APRIL 13, 2026TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: COURT OF APPEAL UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR CARPENTER IN LOVER’S MURDER CASE
The Court of Appeal in Arusha, Tanzania, on April 10, 2026, dismissed the appeal of Alex Julius, upholding the death sentence previously handed down by the High Court.
APRIL 10, 2026TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA - Tundu Lissu, 1 year in prison
APRIL 9, 2026TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA - Update on the Tundu Lissu case
Statement by 6 Members of the European Parliament
MARCH 31, 2026TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE IN PRIVATE PARTS MUTILATION MURDER
The Court of Appeal of Tanzania on March 26, 2026 upheld the death sentence for Mulabu Muya (also reported as Mulaby Muya), found guilty of a particularly brutal murder committed in 2022.
MARCH 19, 2026TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: WOMAN HAS SENTENCE QUASHED AFTER OVER A DECADE ON DEATH ROW
A woman with severe intellectual disabilities in Tanzania has had her conviction and death sentence quashed after spending more than a decade in prison awaiting execution.
MARCH 16, 2026TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BABATI MAN OVER STEPSON’S MURDER
The Court of Appeal of Tanzania on March 16, 2026 upheld the death sentence for Emmanuel Safari, a resident of the Babati District.
DECEMBER 16, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: THREE IMMIGRATION OFFICERS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KIGOMA KILLING
Three immigration officers, Fredrick Kyomo, Joachim Trathizius, and Mabruki Hatibu, on December 15, 2025 were sentenced to death for the murder of Enos Elias
DECEMBER 8, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA - Updates on the Tundu Lissu case
Tanzania, an important East African country with over 70 million inhabitants
- NOVEMBER 27, 2025GambiaDEATH PENALTY
AFRICA - 85th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
No record shows that the question of Tundu Lissu in Tanzania was raised
- NOVEMBER 13, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA - Update on the case of Tundu Lissu
Political leader on death row in Tanzania
- NOVEMBER 2, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA - Update on the case of Tundu Lissu, a political leader who is on death row in Tanzania. Plus, a glimpse of Africa
Italian schoolchildren are stranded in Tanzania due to post-election unrest
- OCTOBER 28, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA - The Tundu Lissu case and the elections on 29 October