<P> This is a list of the most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries . Extrajudicial executions and killings are not included . In general, executions performed in the territory of a sovereign state when it was a colony or before the sovereign state gained independence are not included . The colours on the map correspond to and have the same meanings as the colours in the charts . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Last execution date </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Crime </Th> <Th> Method </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Algeria </Td> <Td> 1993 - 08! August 1993 </Td> <Td> seven unnamed Islamic terrorists </Td> <Td> terrorism </Td> <Td> firing squad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Angola </Td> <Td> 0000 - 00 - 00! never used </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Benin </Td> <Td> 1987 - 09 - 23! 23 September 1987 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> murder </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bophuthatswana </Td> <Td> 1990 - 12 - 13! 13 December 1990 </Td> <Td> Alpheus Sekoboane </Td> <Td> murder </Td> <Td> hanging </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Botswana </Td> <Td> 2016 - 05 - 25! 25 May 2016 </Td> <Td> Patrick Gabaakanye </Td> <Td> murder </Td> <Td> hanging </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Burkina Faso </Td> <Td> 1988! 1988 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> murder </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Burundi </Td> <Td> 2000! 2000 </Td> <Td> 2 soldiers </Td> <Td> murder </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cameroon </Td> <Td> 1997 - 01! January 1997 </Td> <Td> unnamed man </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> hanging </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cape Verde </Td> <Td> 0000 - 00 - 01! none since independence on 5 July 1975 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Central African Republic </Td> <Td> 1981! 1981 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Chad </Td> <Td> 2015 - 08 - 29! 29 August 2015 </Td> <Td> Mahamat Mustapha and nine unnamed men </Td> <Td> terrorism </Td> <Td> firearm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ciskei </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Comoros </Td> <Td> 1997! 1997 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Congo </Td> <Td> 1982 - 10! October 1982 </Td> <Td> 2 men </Td> <Td> murder </Td> <Td> firing squad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Democratic Republic of the Congo </Td> <Td> 2003! 2003 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> hanging for civilians and firearm for soldiers </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Djibouti </Td> <Td> 0000 - 00 - 01! none since independence on 27 June 1977 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Egypt </Td> <Td> 2017 - 05 - 03! 3 May 2017 </Td> <Td> 22 - year - old unnamed man </Td> <Td> rape and murder of child </Td> <Td> hanging </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Equatorial Guinea </Td> <Td> 2014 - 01! January 2014 </Td> <Td> 9 unnamed people </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> firearm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Eritrea </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ethiopia </Td> <Td> 2007 - 08 - 06! 6 August 2007 </Td> <Td> Major Tsehaye Woldesellasie </Td> <Td> murder </Td> <Td> firearm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gabon </Td> <Td> 1981! 1981 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> firing squad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gambia </Td> <Td> 2012 - 08 - 24! 24 August 2012 </Td> <Td> Lamin B. Darboe, Alieu Bah, Lamin Jarju, Dawda Bojang, Abubacarr Yarboi, Malang Sonko, Lamin F. Jammeh, Gibril Bah and Tabara Samba </Td> <Td> treason and murder </Td> <Td> firearm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ghana </Td> <Td> 1993 - 07 - 12! 12 July 1993 </Td> <Td> 12 men </Td> <Td> murder and robbery </Td> <Td> firearm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Guinea </Td> <Td> 2001 - 04 - 21! 21 April 2001 </Td> <Td> 3 people </Td> <Td> robbery </Td> <Td> firearm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Guinea - Bissau </Td> <Td> 1986! 1986 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ivory Coast </Td> <Td> 0000 - 00 - 01! none since independence on 7 August 1960 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kenya </Td> <Td> 1987 - 07 - 09! 9 July 1987 </Td> <Td> Hezekiah Ochuka and Pancras Oteyo Okumu </Td> <Td> treason </Td> <Td> hanging </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lesotho </Td> <Td> 1995! 1995 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> hanging </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Liberia </Td> <Td> 2000! 2000 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> hanging </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Libya </Td> <Td> 2010 - 05 - 30! 30 May 2010 </Td> <Td> 18 unnamed men </Td> <Td> murder </Td> <Td> firearm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Madagascar </Td> <Td> 0000 - 00 - 01! none since independence on 26 June 1960 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Malawi </Td> <Td> 1992 - 09 - 26! 26 September 1992 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> hanging </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mali </Td> <Td> 1980 - 08 - 21! 21 August 1980 </Td> <Td> Mamadou Keita and Karuba Coulibaly </Td> <Td> murder </Td> <Td> firearm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mauritania </Td> <Td> 1987! 1987 </Td> <Td> 3 armed forces officers </Td> <Td> treason </Td> <Td> firing squad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mauritius </Td> <Td> 1987 - 10 - 10! 10 October 1987 </Td> <Td> Eshan Nayeck </Td> <Td> murder </Td> <Td> hanging </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Morocco </Td> <Td> 1993 - 08 - 09! 9 August 1993 </Td> <Td> Mohammed Tabet </Td> <Td> rape </Td> <Td> firing squad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mozambique </Td> <Td> 1986 - 05! May 1986 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Namibia </Td> <Td> 1988 - 05! May 1988 </Td> <Td> Sagarias Ariseb </Td> <Td> murder </Td> <Td> hanging </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Niger </Td> <Td> 1976! 1976 </Td> <Td> Bayéré Moussa, Sidi Mohamed, and Ahmed Mouddour </Td> <Td> treason </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nigeria </Td> <Td> 2016 - 12 - 23! 23 December 2016 </Td> <Td> Ogbomoro Omoregie, Apostle Igene, and Mark Omosowhota </Td> <Td> murder </Td> <Td> hanging </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rwanda </Td> <Td> 1998 - 04 - 24! 24 April 1998 </Td> <Td> Froduald Karamira and at least 21 others </Td> <Td> genocide </Td> <Td> firing squad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic </Td> <Td> 1976! 1976 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> São Tomé and Príncipe </Td> <Td> 0000 - 00 - 01! none since independence on 12 July 1975 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Senegal </Td> <Td> 1967 - 06 - 15! 15 June 1967 </Td> <Td> Moustapha Lô </Td> <Td> treason (attempted murder of the president) </Td> <Td> firing squad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Seychelles </Td> <Td> 0000 - 00 - 01! none since independence on 29 June 1976 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sierra Leone </Td> <Td> 1998 - 10 - 19! 19 October 1998 </Td> <Td> 24 soldiers (23 men, 1 woman) </Td> <Td> high treason </Td> <Td> public firing squad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Somalia </Td> <Td> 2017 - 06 - 30! 30 June 2017 </Td> <Td> 7 Al - Shabab militants </Td> <Td> terrorism </Td> <Td> firing squad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Somaliland </Td> <Td> 2016 - 01 - 17! 17 January 2016 </Td> <Td> Muna Mohamed Abdilahi and Mohamed Ahmed Abdi Abdule Hasan </Td> <Td> murder </Td> <Td> shooting by firearm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> South Africa </Td> <Td> 1989 - 11 - 14! 14 November 1989 </Td> <Td> Solomon Ngobeni </Td> <Td> murder </Td> <Td> hanging </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> South Sudan </Td> <Td> 2016 - 08 - 18! 18 August 2016 </Td> <Td> two unnamed men </Td> <Td> murder </Td> <Td> shooting by firearm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sudan </Td> <Td> 2016! 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> hanging </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Swaziland </Td> <Td> 1983 - 07 - 02! 2 July 1983 </Td> <Td> Philippa Mdluli </Td> <Td> murder </Td> <Td> hanging </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tanzania </Td> <Td> 1994 - 10! October 1994 </Td> <Td> 7 unnamed men, 1 unnamed woman </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Togo </Td> <Td> 1978! 1978 </Td> <Td> M. Adjata Koffi </Td> <Td> murder </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Transkei </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tunisia </Td> <Td> 1991! 1991 </Td> <Td> Jihad Matiki </Td> <Td> murder and terrorism </Td> <Td> hanging </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Uganda </Td> <Td> 2005! 2005 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> firing squad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Venda </Td> <Td> 1991 - 01 - 31! 31 January 1991 </Td> <Td> John Tsakani Chauke </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> hanging </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Zambia </Td> <Td> 1997 - 10! October 1997 </Td> <Td> Abraham Kasongo, Nelson Ngindano, Dennis Chembe, Robert Mulumbi, David Kapunga, John Gombo, Joe Chilada and Christopher Oldfield </Td> <Td> murder </Td> <Td> hanging </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Zimbabwe </Td> <Td> 2005 - 07 - 22! 22 July 2005 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> hanging </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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