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 21, 2019TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY OF TRIO
The Court of Appeal of Tanzania has confirmed the death sentence imposed on three residents of Ihumwa Village within Dodoma Municipality for killing in November 2011 their fellow villager, in the course of forcefully taking from him some 59 heads of cattl
JULY 19, 2019TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: HIGH COURT RULES TO UPHOLD THE DEATH PENALTY
Tanzanian High Court on 18 July 2019 ruled to uphold or keep the death penalty, stating that there is not enough evidence to challenge the death penalty, which means that it will remain in place and operating.
JUNE 24, 2019TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: 3 MUSLIMS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A court in Tanzania on 19 June 2019 sentenced three Muslims to be hanged for decapitating four Christians in 2015 during an outbreak of violence fuelled by religion, a legal source said.
MARCH 7, 2019TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: TEACHER SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER PUPIL DIED OF BEATING
A Tanzanian court sentenced a teacher to death on 6 March 2019 after a 13-year-old pupil died from a beating meted out by him in a case that sparked a national debate on corporal punishment in schools.
- JANUARY 1, 2019TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Tanzania still retains the death penalty as one of punishments under...
Tanzania still retains the death penalty as one of punishments under...
MAY 31, 2018TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: FOUR NGARA RESIDENTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF YOUTH 16
Four people, two of them women, from Ngara District have been sentenced to death after they were convicted of murder.
- JANUARY 1, 2018TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Tanzania still retains the death penalty as one of punishments under...
Tanzania still retains the death penalty as one of punishments under...
DECEMBER 9, 2017TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: MAGUFULI GRANTS PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY TO 61 DEATH ROW INMATES
President John Magufuli pardoned some 61 death row inmates.
NOVEMBER 2, 2017TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: 34 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING ALBINOS
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Tanzania announced the death sentence on 34 people accused of killing albinos in the country.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2017TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
I CANNOT 'EXECUTE' CONVICTED MURDERERS - TANZANIA'S PRESIDENT DECLARES
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has stated clearly that he cannot assent to an execution of the death penalty which is legal in the East African country.
MAY 8, 2017TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: 74 YEAR OLD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER
Mbeya Zone High Court has sentenced four men to death, including an old man,74, after they were convicted of murder.
APRIL 1, 2017TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: BUNGE COMMITTEE TOUTS REVIEW OF DEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Committee on Constitution and Legal Affairs has advised the government to review death penalty laws to allow death row prisoners who have been in prison for a long time to have their sentences commuted to life imprisonment.