A 30-year-old man was sentenced to death by a Narok Court on 17 Janunary 2019 after he was found guilty of robbery with violence.

Egypt's Court of Cassation upheld on 20 January 2019 death sentences against five defendants charged with terrorism.

The government will not hold a public vote on the proposal to abolish the death penalty.

During the official close of the November 2018 criminal session at the High Court of Sierra Leone, on 18 January 2019, superintendent Jonathan Wilson of the Correctional Service noted that there are presently 45 condemned inmates on death row at the Correctional centre in Freetown.