The death penalty has now been abolished in Equatorial Guinea following an announcement on Monday after President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo signed it into law.
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The Vice President, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, took to Twitter to share the news which he termed “historic and memorable.”
Histórico y memorable para nuestro país en la gestión del respeto de los Derechos Humanos. Lo escribo con letras mayúsculas para sellar este momento único:
"GUINEA ECUATORIAL HA ABOLIDO LA PENA DE MUERTE" pic.twitter.com/ry2OSqbXTT
— teddy nguema (@teonguema) September 19, 2022
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The last official execution in the small country was carried out in 2014, according to Amnesty International.
Equatorial Guinea follows the Central African Republic in May 2022, Chad in 2020 and Sierra Leone last year in recent years’ ban on capital punishment on the African continent.
Additional reporting from Africa News