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Elections 2024: Mahama Pledges to Abolish Death Penalty if Elected President
Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has pledged to scrap the death penalty if elected President in the 2024 December...
Nigerian Senate Passes Bill Making Drug Trafficking Punishable by the Death Penalty
Nigerian Senators on Thursday passed an amendment to the country's penal code for drug trafficking offences, making the death penalty the new maximum sentence...
DRC Reinstates Death Penalty After More Than 20 Years
The Democratic Republic of Congo has lifted a moratorium on the death penalty, which had been in place for over two decades, in response...
Zimbabwe Cabinet Agrees to Abolish Death Penalty 19 Years After Last Execution
Zimbabwe's Cabinet on Tuesday backed a legislation to do away with the death penalty, nearly two decades after the last execution.While the country has...
Ghana: Parliament Passes the Criminal Offences Ammendment Act, Abolishes the Death Penalty
Accra, Ghana - The parliament of Ghana has given its approval to amend the Criminal and Other Offences Act, replacing the country's death penalty...
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