Three Rwandan poachers convicted of killing two endangered mountain gorillas and stealing a baby one have been fined and sentenced to four years in prison, an official said last Thursday.

An experienced video journalist and project manager to serve in Kigali as Country Director, providing technical advise and training to Internews staff in Rwanda as they continue to produce bi-monthly video newsreels on the justice process for Rwanda is needed. In addition, the Country Director manages the programme budget and coordinates development of budgets for continued programme activities. French language skills, report and proposal writing ability required.

One of the most wanted war crimes suspects in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda is believed to be living in Kenya under the protection of Government officials, a senior US official said on Tuesday. Felicien Kabuga, an alleged financier of the genocide, has been using his personal wealth to buy protection from Kenyan authorities, said Pierre-Richard Prosper, ambassador at large for war crimes.

As Rwanda starts the full implementation of the gacaca traditional justice system, to try suspects of the 1994 genocide, Amnesty International has called on Rwandan authorities to ensure that gacaca trials conform with basic international standards of fairness so that the government's efforts to end impunity are effective.