Southern Africa: Angola Calls for Universal Death Penalty Abolition

Luanda — Angola has said it considers the death penalty to be one of the most serious violations of human dignity and will continue to advocate for its abolition worldwide, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Esmeralda Mendonça, said Monday in Geneva, Switzerland.

According to a press release from the Permanent Mission of Angola to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, sent to ANGOP, the diplomat, who was speaking at a panel on the topic at the 58th session…