President of Equatorial Guinea, Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, has signed the resolution 426 which states that

President of Equatorial Guinea, Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, has signed the resolution 426 which states that there will be no death penalty and that this moratorium will follow a process that has its procedures and will lead to the abolition of the penalty in that country. The decision follows a requirement made by the Community of Portuguese Language Speaking Countries (CPLP) to introduce a moratorium on capital punishment as a condition to join as full member the CPLP, where no country member applies it.