Title: Ghana's Parliament Approves Abolishment of Death Penalty

Ghana's Parliament approved the abolition of the death penalty on Tuesday, making the country the latest among several African nations to eliminate capital punishment in recent years. According to a parliamentary committee report, the new legislation will amend the country's criminal law to replace the death penalty with life imprisonment. The law must be signed by President Nana Akufo-Addo to come into effect. No one has been executed in Ghana since 1993, despite 176 individuals having received death sentences up until last year, according to the Ghana Prison Service. Ghana is the twenty-ninth country in Africa to abolish the death penalty, and the 124th worldwide, according to the London-based non-governmental organization Death Penalty Project, which stated it has worked with partners in Ghana to assist in changing the law.