A court in Dakar, Senegal, sentenced to death Abdoualaye...

A court in Dakar, Senegal, sentenced to death Abdoualaye Diagne, an armed robber nicknamed "Foreman," found guilty of stabbing a young soldier in the throat to steal his belongings on 28 August 1993. He was convicted of "armed robbery and violence leading to the death of a man," a crime to which the death penalty applies under local law. Diagne had already been in prison for 10 years and his lawyer announced plans to appeal.