A Spanish judge started proceedings against 40 members of the Rwandan military today on charges of terrorism and genocide.

A RWANDAN government-appointed commission launched a probe yesterday into allegations French troops supported soldiers behind Rwanda’s 1994 genocide and helped facilitate mass murder.

THE suspected architect of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide begins a fourth week of testimony today, defying accusers in the biggest trial to date over the African nation’s 100 days of slaughter.

Rwandans reburied the bodies of more than 20,000 victims of the 1994 genocide who had been dumped in mass graves as the country marked the 11th anniversary of the massacre.

Rwanda marks the anniversary of the 1994 genocide today with the beginning of a week of mourning for the more than 500,000 people who died in a frenzy of killing that remains fresh in the minds of the survivors.

Survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda gathered on a hillside today to bury the remains of hundreds of victims recovered from mass graves to mark the 10th anniversary of the government-orchestrated slaughter that left more than 500,000 people dead.

FOREIGN Minister Brian Cowen will represent the European Union today at a ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda.

Ten years ago, Verena Mukarugambwa was running for her life as Hutu extremists unleashed a 100-day killing spree that tore apart the small central African nation of Rwanda.

FOUR former Rwandan ministers went on trial yesterday charged with playing key roles in the 1994 genocide, including buying weapons and inciting the slaughter of about 800,000 people, a court spokesman said.