A UN court has sentenced the organiser of the 1994 Rwandan genocide that claimed more than 500,000 lives to life in prison.

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

The people of Burundi appear to have overwhelmingly approved a new constitution, preliminary results showed today.

Gunfire and grenade blasts reverberated through Burundi’s capital overnight when a group of soldiers mutinied and attempted to stage a coup.

A group of junior army officers who attempted a coup to oppose Burundi President Pierre Buyoya’s negotiations with Hutu rebels surrendered today, the defence ministry said.