Tanzania, July 30 -- Dar es Salaam. A growing number of inheritance disputes in Tanzania are exposing deep divisions within families, with experts warning that failure to write wills, interference by relatives and cultural misconceptions are fuelling conflicts that increasingly end up in court and, in some cases, turn deadly.

Presenting his docket's 2026/27 budget estimates in Parliament earlier this year, Constitution and Legal Affairs minister Juma Homera said the Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency (Rita) administered 129 estates between July 2025 and March 2026 after receiving 15 new court-appointed cases, up from 14 during the corresponding period the previous year.

During the same period, only one estate was fully conc...