Gabon: a Return to the Debate on the Death Penalty Following the Media Coverage of Several Ritual Crimes

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In Gabon, there have been many reactions since Thursday, 8 January, following the mention of a possible reintroduction of the death penalty. The debate has been reopened by the authorities in a context of high public emotion following several media cases of ritual crimes and blood. In these wishes to the administration, President Oligui Nguema did not rule out the possibility of a return of the death penalty, abolished in 2010. The last executio…