06/01/25 (Agence Europe) – On Sunday 5 January, the European Union welcomed the abolition of the death penalty in Zimbabwe by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on 31 December, describing it as a “historic step”. Zimbabwe had maintained a moratorium on the death penalty since the last execution in 2005. In a statement, the spokesman for the European External Action Service called on the country to take a “further step” by removing the provision allowing the temporary reintroduction of...