A RENOWNED Rwandan singer went on trial yesterday before a UN tribunal, accused of writing lyrics that incited the notorious 1994 genocide in Rwanda, in which 500,000 people were killed in just 100 days.

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

The United Nations tribunal for Rwanda today convicted a former senior military officer of genocide and acquitted two other suspects, including a former transport minister, a tribunal spokesman said in Arusha, Tanzania.

Four senior cabinet ministers from the former Rwandan government went on trial today before a UN tribunal for helping plan and instigate the 1994 genocide that left more than 500,000 people dead.

A man accused of being one of the chief architects of the Rwandan genocide is to appear before a UN tribunal today in Arusha, Tanzania.

Four former senior Rwandan army officers accused of genocide in the 1994 war in Rwanda have gone on trial.

The United Nations war crimes tribunal was today delivering a verdict in the genocide trial of a Bosnian Serb general charged with Europe’s worst civilian massacre since the Holocaust.

A Belgian judge today upheld a UN arrest warrant against a Rwandan man facing charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.

Rwanda is considering introducing the death penalty for local journalists who incite racial hatred.

An Anglican bishop today denied he assisted in genocide when he was accused of crimes against humanity at a brief UN court hearing.

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.