Gambia announces 'moratorium' on death penalty

Gambian President Adama Barrow has suspended the death penalty which was a major feature during the regime of former President Yahya Jammeh.

President Adama Barrow, who was elected president in December 2016, signed a UN treaty on the abolition of capital punishment last year. 

President Barrow in a speech marking the 53rd anniversary of independence from Britain declared a moratorium on the use of the death penalty in the Gambia.
 
The death penalty was last used under Yahya Jammeh in 2012, when nine soldiers were executed by firing squad.
	
SOURCE: NEWS24
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