Chad has abolished the death penalty for terrorist activities. The country's parliament outlawed the penalty on Tuesday.
Justice Minister Djimet Arabi told AFP that "The...
Saudi Arabia officials say at least 23 Nigerians convicted of drug trafficking offences are facing the death penalty.
The announcement by Saudi Arabia has now...
The US federal government is to resume executing death-row inmates after a 16-year hiatus, the justice department has announced.
Attorney General William Barr said in...
Tanzania’s High Court has ruled against scrapping death penalty from the country's statute books.
The penalty thus remains in the laws of Tanzania and can...
A Nigerian woman is among four people executed on Monday in Saudi Arabia for drug trafficking offence.
Local media in Saudi Arabia report that three...
Pope Francis has changed the teachings of the Catholic faith to oppose the death penalty in all circumstances, the Vatican has said.
The Catechism of...
Boko Haram bombed this popular market in N'Djamena last year. Photo Credit: AFP
Civil society groupings in Chad are demanding the abolishment of the death...
Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers.
The apartments have been constructed to...
Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered.
The significant number of recoveries means the country now...
Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million.
Moyo is accused of illegally...
