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
SEPTEMBER 3, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA - Update on the situation of Tundu Lissu
Lissu's vicissitudes brought to the Venice Film Festival
- AUGUST 28, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Tanzania - Free Tundu Lissu
The leader of Chadema is on death row: who will save the man who dreams of a different Tanzania?
- JULY 30, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Tanzania - Update on the Tundu Lissu affair
JULY 15, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA - Update on the Tundu Lissu case
Opposition leader arrested on vague charges
- JUNE 19, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Tanzania - Lissu, nonviolent opposition leader, faces death sentence
On summary charges of ‘high treason”
- MARCH 23, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA: MAN TO BE HANGED FOR MURDERING HIS GIRLFRIEND
The High Court of Tanzania in Moshi on March 10, 2025 sentenced 32-year-old Erasto Mollel to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend, Josephine Mngara, 30.
MARCH 5, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN INVOLVED IN MOB KILLINGS
The Court of Appeal of Tanzania on February 25, 2025 upheld the death sentence of Rhobi Chacha, a resident of the Mara region, for his role in the murder of two people accused of theft.
FEBRUARY 27, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING, BURNING HIS WIFE
The High Court in Dar es Salaam Zone has sentenced businessman Khamis Luwonga (38) to death by hanging after finding him guilty of murdering his wife, Naomi Marijani.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
AFRICAN COURT ORDERS TANZANIA TO END MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has ruled against Tanzania’s mandatory imposition of the death penalty, calling it a violation of fundamental human rights.
DECEMBER 25, 2024TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: TRIO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KAGERA DURING 2024
Three people have been sentenced to death by hanging in Kagera region, Tanzania, during 2024 after they were convicted of murder.
- JUNE 10, 2024TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
AFRICAN COURT GIVES TANZANIA SIX MONTHS ULTIMATUM TO SCRAP DEATH PENALTY
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has reiterated its longstanding order to Tanzania to revoke the death penalty in line with the continental charter on the right to life, The East African reported on June 6, 2024.
APRIL 4, 2024TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: SIX COMMUNITY PATROL GUARDS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A court in Babati on March 5, 2024 sentenced six members of a community patrol, known as ‘Sungusungu’, to death for the brutal murder of a man they accused of cattle theft.