Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved a law that abolishes the death penalty in the southern African state with immediate ...
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Nigeria senate okays death penalty for drug traffickers
A bill seeking to impose the death penalty on people convicted of drug trafficking has been passed for a third ...
Ugandan faces death penalty after homosexuality charge
A 20-year-old Ugandan man could face the death penalty after he was charged with aggravated homosexuality, which is a capital ...
Speaker praised for Death Penalty repeal
The Death Penalty Project UK has commended the Rt. Hon. Speaker, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin and Parliament for their roles ...
Parliament abolishes death penalty
Parliament has passed the Criminal Offences Amendment Act, 2022 which seeks to replace the death penalty with a life sentence. ...
Cracks in Parliament over attempt to replace death penalty with life imprisonment
Members of Parliament (MPs) were unable to agree on a report presented by the Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Committee ...
Ghana has not carried out any death penalty since 1992 – Francis Sosu
Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis Xavier Sosu said Ghana has not executed anybody under the death penalty under the ...
160 inmates await execution at Nsawam as Amnesty champions abolishing of death penalty
Amnesty International Ghana (AI) has revealed that, Ghana has 160 inmates on death row currently waiting for their execution but ...
Sierra Leone parliament abolishes death penalty
MPs in Sierra Leone have unanimously agreed to get rid of the death penalty, the BBC's Umaru Fofana reports. The ...
Time isn’t ripe to abolish death penalty due to rife callous crimes – Deputy Minister-Designate
The Deputy Minister-Designate for the Office of the Attorney General and Justice, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah was the first to appear before ...
