APRNEWS - Nigerian opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar said on Wednesday he would consider an amnesty for corruption suspects in order to help recover billions of dollars stashed abroad by the country’s politicians and government officials.

APRNEWS - In the Central African Republic, the government has rejected talks of amnesty for rebels of the civil war that wracked.

APRNEWS - On the eve of Ivory Coast’s 58th independence day celebrations, president Alassane Ouattara has announced presidential pardon to about 800 prisoners.

Among those to be pardoned according to the president are the former First Lady Simone Gbagbo, the president said in a televised address to the nation.

REUTERS - The Roman Catholic Church formally changed its teaching on Thursday to declare the death penalty inadmissible whatever the circumstance, a move likely to be criticized in countries where capital punishment is legal.