00:00Burkina Faso has reinstated the death penalty following a unanimous vote by the country's unelected legislature, the Justice Ministry announced
00:09Tuesday.
00:10The new Penal Code reverses the abolition of capital punishment in 2018.
00:16Authorities say the move aim to strengthen public order, uphold national values and improve security.
00:24The West African nation has been under military rule since a 2022 coup led by Captain Ibrahim Traore, who announced
00:32plans to restore the death penalty last year.
00:35According to the state news agency, crimes punishable by death would include terrorism, espionage, treason, patricide and import an expired
00:46or banned product that costs debt.
00:48However, the decision has drawn concern from human rights advocates. The last recorded execution in Burkina Faso took place in
00:561988.
