**A UN court has sentenced the former governor of the Rwandan capital, Kigali, to life in prison for his role in the 1994 genocide.**The court, which is based in Arusha, Tanzania, convicted Tharcisse Renzaho on five counts including genocide, rape and murder.
Prosecutors said Renhazo played a central role in Rwanda’s genocide.
Some 800,000 people, most of them Tutsis, were killed by Hutu extremists during the massacres in 1994.
Renzaho was in control of the capital’s police force and local officials at the time and was accused of inciting the killings.
He was arrested in Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002 and denied the charges against him.