ZIMBABWE APPROVES ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
REUTERS
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 "beacon of hope for the abolitionist movement in the region", but expressed regret that the death penalty could be reinstated during a state of emergency.
Mnangagwa's move comes after Zimbabwe's parliament voted earlier in December to scrap the death penalty.
The Death Penalty Abolition Act was published in the government gazette on Tuesday after Mnangagwa signed it into law.
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