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The president of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema announced the abolition of the death penalty in that Central African country. The announcement was greeted as a breakthrough by the vice president and son of the president.
“The death penalty is totally abolished in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea,” Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, son and president of the president, wrote on Twitter.
Nicknamed “Teodorin”, the Guinean vice president has been an omnipresent figure for two years on the political scene of that country whose population does not exceed 1.4 million inhabitants.
His father Obiang, 80, has ruled that former Spanish colony for more than 43 years.
This constitutes a world record for longevity, excluding monarchies of course.
Although it has huge oil and gas reserves, the country has a large majority of its inhabitants living below the poverty line.
Adding to this dim picture is the fact that the Guinean regime is regularly accused by international NGOs of forced disappearances, arbitrary arrests and torture, although the last official execution in Equatorial Guinea dates back to 2014, according to Amnesty International.
Capital punishment is still in force in more than 30 countries, although only about half have applied it in recent years.
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