Felicien Kabuga, who is accused of financing the 1994 Rwandan genocide and is one of the most wanted men in Africa, is currently in Kenya, a senior US official said here Monday.

Felicien Kabuga, who is accused of financing the 1994 Rwandan genocide and is one of the most wanted men in Africa, is currently in Kenya, a senior US official said here Monday.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United States wants Kenya to hand over a Rwanda genocide suspect it believes the east African nation has been harboring for years, President Barack Obama's war crimes envoy said on Monday.

Felicien Kabuga, who is accused of financing the 1994 Rwandan genocide and is one of the most wanted men in Africa, is currently in Kenya, a senior US official said here Monday.

Felicien Kabuga, who is accused of financing the 1994 Rwandan genocide and is one of the most wanted men in Africa, is currently in Kenya, a senior US official said here Monday.

Felicien Kabuga, who is accused of financing the 1994 Rwandan genocide and is one of the most wanted men in Africa, is currently in Kenya, a senior US official said here Monday.

As a first step towards winding up its presence in Sierra Leone, the UN backed Special Court on Sierra Leone on Monday turned over its jail to the government, which will make it a women's prison.

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on Monday cleared an alleged organiser of the country's 1994 genocide and overturned a 20-year sentence against him.

Two leading Rwandan Hutu rebels were arrested in Germany on Tuesday on suspicion of crimes against humanity and war crimes this year and in 2008 in DR Congo, prosecutors said.

Rwandan genocide court acquits priest of genocide charges and orders his release from jail. A United Nations court on Tuesday acquitted a Catholic priest charged with genocide, murder and extermination in Rwanda's 1994 genocide after the judge said the prosecution had failed to prove its case.

Prosecutors: Rwandan Hutu extremist group leaders arrested in Germany. Two top leaders of a mostly ethnic Hutu militia were arrested in Germany Tuesday on suspicion of committing crimes against humanity in Congo.

Two leading Rwandan Hutu rebels were arrested in Germany on Tuesday on suspicion of crimes against humanity and war crimes this year and in 2008 in DR Congo, prosecutors said.

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A priest accused of genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1994 Rwandan genocide has been acquitted, the second release in as many days, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda said on Tuesday.

German police arrested two top Rwandan militia leaders Tuesday suspected of atrocities committed in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, prosecutors said.

German police arrested two top Rwandan militia leaders Tuesday suspected of atrocities committed in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, prosecutors said.

Rwandan Hutu rebels on Wednesday denounced the arrest in Germany of two of their leaders on suspicion of crimes against humanity committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A new 12 million dollar family planning drive launched here Wednesday highlights how Obama administration funding has revamped a contraception drive in Africa and developing states, UN officials said, noting a sharp turnaround from the Bush era.

A German judge ordered two Rwanda Hutu rebel leaders to be held in jail after they were arrested on suspicion of war crimes alleged to have occurred in the DR Congo, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

A German judge ordered two Rwanda Hutu rebel leaders to be held in jail after they were arrested on suspicion of war crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) is stepping up pressure on Paris to release the names of the people sheltered in the French embassy in Kigali in the first days of the 1994 genocide, court papers showed Thursday.