Some governments that retain the death penalty, such as Kenya, claim that they can’t abolish it while there is considerable public support for capital punishment ...

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved a law that abolishes the death penalty in the southern African state ...

Zimbabwe has officially abolished the death penalty after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law an act that will ...

Shacky Timburwa has said Harare is strongly committed to protecting human rights contrary to claims pushed by ...

Editorial - ZIMBABWE has now formally abolished the death penalty for all crimes, civil and military, after President ...

The United Nations on Thursday welcomed Zimbabwe's abolition of the death penalty, and called on other countries to do likewise, or to at least impose a moratorium on capital punishment.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed into law the Death Penalty Abolition Act. Zimbabwe currently has over 60 prisoners on ...

Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty, a widely expected move in a country that last carried out the punishment nearly two decades ago ...

Zimbabwe officially abolished the death penalty Tuesday after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law an act that will ...

Zimbabwe abolished the death penalty on Tuesday when President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed the Death Penalty Abolition Act into law. However, the legislation includes a controversial provision that ...

Zimbabwe last hanged a person convicted of murder almost 20 years ago [Getty Images] Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved a law that abolishes the death penalty in the southern ...

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved a law that abolishes the death penalty in the southern African state with immediate effect. Rights group Amnesty hailed the decision as a ...