Richard Moore, a 59-year-old black man, was executed on Friday in South Carolina after a 2001 conviction for the fatal shooting of convenience store clerk James…
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A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo have sentenced 37 people to death in connection with an alleged coup attempt in May, with six…
A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) is expected to deliver its verdict on Friday in a high-profile trial over an alleged…
On Tuesday, prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of Congo sought the death penalty for 50 defendants, including three Americans, accused of involvement in an alleged coup…
A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday, sentenced 26 members of a rebel alliance, including their leader Corneille Nangaa, to death…
Nigeria’s House of Representatives has announced its intention to endorse the Senate’s proposal of imposing the death penalty on drug dealers and peddlers once the bill reaches its chamber. According…
Zimbabwe’s cabinet has thrown its support behind a proposed bill aiming to abolish the death penalty, signalling a significant step towards ending capital punishment in the…
Saudi Arabia executed five men on Monday, comprising four Saudis and an Egyptian, who were charged with attacking a place of worship, as announced by the…
One of the world’s most authoritarian countries, Equatorial Guinea has abolished the death penalty in a new law signed by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. Capital…
Amnesty International Zimbabwe is pushing for a ban of the death penalty which it says has caused a lot of stress on people that are on…