A request to extradite four men accused of playing key roles in the Rwandan genocide has been upheld today.

The Canadian general who headed the United Nations peacekeeping force during the 1994 Rwandan genocide gave a chilling account of how roadblocks popped up like mushrooms and served only to pick out and murder Tutsis.

A fourth man accused of playing a leading role in the Rwandan genocide of 1994 appeared briefly before a court in Britian today, and was remanded in custody.

Three men accused of playing leading roles in the Rwandan genocide of 1994 were today remanded in custody by a British court.