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Some countries such as Tanzania still retain the death penalty
ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY

Abolish the death penalty in Africa

The African Court ruling on Tanzania’s mandatory death penalty ruled that sentencing someone to death by hanging violates Article 5 of the African Charte

  • Melusi Simelane
5 min read
In defiance of a judgment by the African court on human and peoples’ rights,capital punishment remains — even if death sentences are never executed
AFRICA

The death penalty is alive and well in Tanzania

In defiance of a judgment by the African court on human and peoples’ rights,capital punishment remains — even if death sentences are never executed

  • Kizito Makoye
3 min read