Entries tagged with “Faustin Archange Touadéra, President , Central African Republic”
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May 31, 2022
Zambia, Central African Republic Move to Abolish Death Penalty
Two more African nations have taken major steps towards abolishing the death penalty. On May 25, 2022, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema (pictured) announced that, in commemoration of Africa Freedom Day, he was commuting the sentences of 30 death-row prisoners and submitting a bill to parliament to end capital punishment in the southern African nation. Two days later, the National Assembly of the Central African Republic voted by acclamation to pass a law abolishing that nation’s death…