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
- OCTOBER 15, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Tanzanian High Court sentenced to death two people...
The Tanzanian High Court sentenced to death two people for murdering their wives
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
East Africa's prison bosses said the death penalty...
East Africa's prison bosses said the death penalty was outdated and should be scrapped, adding that it was not a solution in the rehabilitation of prisoners
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
The heads of prisons departments in three East African...
The heads of prisons departments in three East African countries, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, have urged authorities in the region to abolish the death sentence
- JULY 9, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Tanzanian government said there are no plans whatsoever...
The Tanzanian government said there are no plans whatsoever to repeal the death penalty in the country
- JUNE 20, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev expressed...
Russian Ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev expressed certainty that two Russian citizens, Ivan Ochirov and Dmitry Kosyakov, sentenced to death for killing in 1997 a Russian teenager, fourteen-year-old Alexei Sotnikov, on Zanzibar (in the composition of
- JUNE 7, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
The authorities of Zanzibar Island assured Russian...
The authorities of Zanzibar Island assured Russian Ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev that "two citizens of Russia sentenced to death will not be executed
- JUNE 5, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentences given to two young Russians on...
The death sentences given to two young Russians on the island of Zanzibar (part of Tanzania) will not be carried out because there is a moratorium on the death penalty in this African state, the Russian ambassador to Tanzania Doku Zavgayev told ITAR-TASS
- JUNE 5, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Russia has appealed to Zanzibar to review a death sentence...
Russia has appealed to Zanzibar to review a death sentence passed by the Court of Appeal to its two citizens early in 2002 after being convicted of murdering a compatriot
- APRIL 23, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
An appeals court in Zanzibar, Tanzania, sentenced two...
An appeals court in Zanzibar, Tanzania, sentenced two Russians to the death penalty
- APRIL 10, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
One hundred people convicted of murder have had their...
One hundred people convicted of murder have had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment by Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa, Home Affairs Minister Mohammed Seif Khatib said
- JANUARY 30, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International (AI) urged the Commission of...
Amnesty International (AI) urged the Commission of inquiry, formed by Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa to investigate the 2001 Zanzibar killings, to carry out its activities independently
- JANUARY 1, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
The last execution was in 1994
The last execution was in 1994