Crimes punishable by death would include "acts of terrorism, espionage, treason, patricide and importing expired or banned products causing death".
Burkina Faso has reinstated the death penalty, the justice ministry said Tuesday, following a unanimous vote by the West African country's legislature.
The new penal code reintroducing capital punishment, which had been abolished in 2018, "aims to strengthen public order, consolidate the nation's fundamental values and guarantee security for people and property", the ministry said.
Burkina Faso’s leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore, had announced plans last year to reinstate the death penalty.
State news agency AIB said crimes punishable by death would include "acts of terrorism, espionage, treason, patricide and importing expired or banned products causing death".
The last execution recorded in Burkina Faso was in 1988, according to Amnesty International.
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