Zimbabwe abolishes the death penalty, sparing about 60 prisoners on death row.

Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty, bringing an end to capital punishment in the country nearly two decades after its last execution in 2005. President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed the Death Penalty Abolition Act into law, sparing the lives of approximately 60 prisoners on death row. Amnesty International praised the move as a significant step toward global abolition. Zimbabwe now joins 24 other African nations in eliminating the death penalty.

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