News - Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/zambia/events-2410/?xtor=RSS-1 en Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH72/visuel_defaut_une_fd-44916-890bc.jpg?1702480412 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr?xtor=RSS-1 Zambia – Passage of legislation to abolish the death penalty (28 Dec. 2022) https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/zambia/events-2410/article/zambia-passage-of-legislation-to-abolish-the-death-penalty-28-dec-2022?xtor=RSS-1 France welcomes Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema's December 23rd announcement that a law was approved amending the Zambian Penal Code and abolishing the death penalty. France is resolutely committed to the universal abolition of the death penalty – an unjust, inhumane, ineffective punishment – and calls on all nations that still apply it to place it under a moratorium ahead of its ultimate (…) 2022-12-28 16:38:09 55498_270693 Chrysoula Zacharopoulou travels to Zambia and South Africa (10.4-8.22) https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/zambia/events-2410/article/chrysoula-zacharopoulou-travels-to-zambia-and-south-africa-10-4-8-22?xtor=RSS-1 On the first anniversary of the New Africa-France Summit in Montpellier, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Minister of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, will travel to Zambia and South Africa from October 4-8. One year after the election of President Hichilema, this visit to Zambia from a member of the French administration, the first of its kind since 2017, marks an important step in the reinforcement of the (…) 2022-10-04 09:10:21 55498_269063