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Africa: Over Half of Death Row Inmates in Sub-Saharan Africa Are in Nigeria - Report
Premium Times, 26 May 2022
Prison facilities across sub-Saharan Africa are housing at least 5841 death-row inmates, global rights body, Amnesty International, said. Read more »
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Africa: Thousands Sit on Death Row Across The Continent, But Few Are Executed
allAfrica, 25 May 2022
The number of prisoners executed in sub-Saharan Africa more than doubled in 2021, largely a result of death sentences passed on al-Shabaab militants in Somalia, reports Amnesty… Read more »
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Nigeria: Death Sentence Remains Part of Criminal Justice System
Vanguard, 19 August 2021
The Minister's call for Governor's to sign death warrants for death row inmates is predicated on our criminal justice system that has continued to retain the death penalty as… Read more »