Capital punishment in Africa 2023
As of 2023, the death penalty was still implemented in 30 African countries. However, no executions had been carried out for the last decade in 16 of these states or territories. In 14 countries, instead, the death penalty was regularly implemented. These were Nigeria, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Egypt, and Libya. In 26 African countries, capital punishment is abolished.