Database
The death penalty in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Countries
- 48
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 5
Countries by legal status
- Abolitionist21
- Abolitionist de facto21
- Retentionist4
- Moratorium on executions2
The countries most present in the archive
COUNTRY BY COUNTRY
Sub-Saharan Africa
48 COUNTRIES
- Burkina Faso
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Burundi
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Cameroon
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Cape Verde
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Chad
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Comoros
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Congo - Brazzaville
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Congo - Kinshasa
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 54
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Angola
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Benin
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Botswana
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Eritrea
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Ethiopia
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Gabon
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Equatorial Guinea
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Malawi
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Mali
- Status
- Moratorium on executions
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Niger
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Gambia
- Status
- Moratorium on executions
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Guinea
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Lesotho
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Liberia
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Mauritius
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Mozambique
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Namibia
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Nigeria
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 24
- Djibouti
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Guinea-Bissau
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Kenya
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 5
- Madagascar
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Mauritania
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Rwanda
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Senegal
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- South Sudan
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Tanzania
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 4
- Togo
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Uganda
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 1
- Seychelles
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Somalia
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 5
- SENTENCES
- 2
- Zambia
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Sierra Leone
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- South Africa
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Eswatini
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Zimbabwe
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Ghana
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Central African Republic
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- São Tomé & Príncipe
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
| COUNTRY | STATUS | EXEC. | SENTENCES |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 54 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Moratorium on executions | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Moratorium on executions | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 24 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 5 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 4 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 1 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 52026 | 2 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |