The West African country's justice minister, Edasso Rodrigue Bayala, announced that the death penalty will apply to, among others, high treason, acts of terrorism and espionage.
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What is the purpose of the new penal code in Burkina Faso?
When was the death penalty abolished in Burkina Faso?
What crimes will be punishable by the death penalty in Burkina Faso?
What penalties are provided for embezzlement in the new Penal Code?
Burkina Faso last carried out a death sentence in 1988, according to Amnesty International.
The military junta prepared a new penal code. Harsh penalties for embezzlement and corruption
The new penal code also provides for very high penalties for embezzlement and corruptionincluding life imprisonment if the amount involved is more than $9 million. Promoting and practicing homosexuality will also be punished.
The death penalty was abolished in Burkina Faso in 2018.during the presidency of Roch Marc Christian Kabore. However, since January 2022, the country has been ruled by a military junta led by Captain Ibrahim Traore, who took power in a coup d'etat, overthrowing Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. Since then Traore pursues an anti-Western policy and distanced the country from its former colonial overlord, France, whose troops he expelled from his country.
