24 June 2011 Last updated at 04:39 ET
A former Rwandan women’s minister has reportedly been sentenced to life in prison for her role in the genocide and the rape of Tutsi women and girls.
Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, 65, is the first woman convicted by the UN-backed tribunal for the Rwanda genocide.
She was found guilty, along with her son and four other former officials, AFP reports, after a 10-year trial.
Some 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed during the 1994 massacres.
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Rwanda woman ‘guilty’ of genocide