In Nigeria, West Africa, one-year-old Adama will watch her mother, Sufiyatu Hussein, die in a cruel way if the Sharia Court of Appeals upholds the lower court's judgment. Sufiyatu is to be executed by stoning for giving birth to Adama out of wedlock. Under the Islamic law, which is the legal parameter in 12 out of the 19 states in Northern Nigeria, it is an offence that is punishable by death.