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
- JANUARY 1, 2015TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Tanzania still retains the death penalty as one of punishments under...
Tanzania still retains the death penalty as one of punishments under...
OCTOBER 3, 2014TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: DISSATISFACTION OVER THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTION RETAINING PROVISIONS SUPPORTING DEATH PENALTY
the Constituent Assembly (CA) endorsed the final draft of the Proposed Constitution, the country’s second
JULY 14, 2014TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: CONVICT’S DEATH SENTENCE REDUCED TO FIVE-YEAR TERM
The Court of Appeal in Tanzania has reduced to five years imprisonment a death sentence earlier imposed
- MAY 23, 2014TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA: COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The High Court in Tabora sentenced two people to death by hanging after convicting them of murder.
- APRIL 3, 2014TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA: DEATH ROW INMATES KEEP INCREASING
during a two-day training workshop for Tanzania Prison Service, the Executive Director of Inmates
- JANUARY 25, 2014TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Tanzania - Activists want death penalty abolished
Tanzania - Activists want death penalty abolished
- JANUARY 1, 2014TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Tanzania still retains the death penalty as one of punishments under...
Tanzania still retains the death penalty as one of punishments under...
NOVEMBER 14, 2013TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: THREE CONVICTS GET DEATH PENALTY
In Tanzania, the High Court has sentenced to death three residents of Iringa and Rungwe
- OCTOBER 3, 2013TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA: HIGH COURT SENTENCES THREE PEOPLE TO DEATH
The High Court in Mbeya Zone, Tanzania, has sentenced to death three people after they were
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2013TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA: MINISTER OF JUSTICE RECOMMENDS STRIKING OUT DEATH PENALTY IN NEW CONSTITUTION
Minister of Justice and Constitution Affairs Mathias Chikawe proposed that the death
- MARCH 7, 2013TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA: SINGIDA MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
In Tanzania, the Dodoma High Court has sentenced to death one Juma Swedi (25), a resident
- JANUARY 1, 2013TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Tanzania still retains the death penalty as one of punishments under...
Tanzania still retains the death penalty as one of punishments under...