22/09/2022 Last update 08:55 Politics Angola applauds the abolition of the death penalty The Head of State, João Lourenço, congratulated, on Wednesday (21), as acting President of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP), the Equatorial Guinean counterpart, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, for the adoption of the new Penal Code that enshrines the abolition of the death penalty in the country.