President of the Republic of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo speaks at the United Nations in 2021. Ghana’s parliament voted Tuesday to abolish the death penalty for all crimes besides acts of high ...

ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's parliament on Tuesday voted to abolish the death penalty, making the country the latest of several African nations that have moved to repeal capital punishment in recent ...

ACCRA, GhanaACCRA, Ghana — Ghana’s parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty for all crimes except high treason, formalizing what has been a de facto moratorium on executions for the past ...

Ghana’s parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty, offering a reprieve for 176 prisoners currently on death row in the country. These prisoners are kept in poor conditions, some have reported ...

AL WAKRAH, Qatar, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Ghana's hopes of expunging the bitter World Cup memories of their last clash with Uruguay did not bear fruit on Friday as they were forced to relive the nightmare ...

July 26 (UPI) --Ghana's parliament voted Tuesday to abolish the death penalty for all crimes besides acts of high treason, and will likely commute the sentences of 176 people on death row to life in ...