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Procedural errors and discrepancies set free man accused of witchcraft murder in Tanzania

Tanzania, Aug. 19 -- Arusha. The Court of Appeal has set free Mr Daud Juma, alias Nkimbili, who was sentenced to hang for murdering his aunt, Ms Christina Juma, over witchcraft allegations related to ... Read More


Tanzania High Court rejects appeal, orders life imprisonment for Pangani child assailant

Tanzania, Aug. 19 -- Arusha. The High Court Tanga Sub-Registry has dismissed an appeal filed by Mr Greyson Msemo against a 30-year sentence for raping a child aged one year and four months, and has in... Read More


Tanzania Appeals Court overturns death penalty in three separate murder cases

Tanzania, Aug. 18 -- Arusha. The Court of Appeal has quashed the death sentence by hanging for seven individuals in three separate cases, including one convicted of murdering his stepmother after a tr... Read More


Zanzibar's 'beach girl' sentenced to death for broken bottle murder

Tanzania, Aug. 17 -- Arusha. Chilling words spoken by Khadija Mohamed Kassim, popularly known as "Beach Girl", before and after she fatally stabbed Happy Malini formed a core part of evidence that led... Read More


Tanzania Court of Appeal frees two men jailed for life over church fire

Tanzania, Aug. 15 -- Arusha. The Court of Appeal has freed two men who had been serving life sentences for burning down a church in Bukoba after finding serious flaws in the evidence used to convict t... Read More


Survivor details abuse leading to mechanic's death in Ngorongoro

Tanzania, Aug. 15 -- Arusha. As the Arusha Region Police Force continues to investigate the death of Sefu Mussa, 25, a mechanic who allegedly died following his arrest inside the Ngorongoro Conservati... Read More


Tanzania Court of Appeal quashes death sentence, murder trial to start afresh

Tanzania, Aug. 14 -- Arusha. The Court of Appeal of Tanzania has quashed the death sentence by hanging imposed on Mr Kulwa Langi after finding that, during the preliminary committal proceedings, he wa... Read More


Man who appealed 30-year sentence gets life imprisonment in Tanzania

Tanzania, Aug. 9 -- Arusha. Acram Ashirafu, who appealed against a 30-year prison sentence for sodomising a 10-year-old child, has ended up with a harsher punishment after the High Court's Bukoba Sub-... Read More


Tanzania High Court clears suspect in deadly prayer dispute over evidentiary flaws

Tanzania, Aug. 9 -- Arusha. What initially appeared as a normal family prayer session at home following a television broadcast turned into an altercation leading to the eventual death of Mr John Kessy... Read More


From 30 years behind bars to freedom: How a legal flaw overturned rape conviction

Tanzania, Aug. 9 -- Arusha. The High Court Sub-Registry in Dodoma has set free a man previously sentenced to 30 years in prison for rape after discovering a fatal procedural flaw in the conduct of his... Read More