Hissen Habre

·         On August 15, 2008 a court in Chad sentenced to death former President Hissen Habre for planning to overthrow the government.

·         Habre, sometimes dubbed "Africas Pinochet", was deposed in 1990 and lives in exile in Senegal.

·         Habre was deposed after eight years in power in an uprising led by current President Idriss Deby, and denies knowledge of the alleged murder and torture of political opponents.

·         A commission of inquiry said Habre's government was responsible for some 40,000 politically motivated murders and 200,000 cases of torture.

·         He is unlikely to leave Senegal which has been asked by the African Union to try him for alleged rights crimes.