Huge explosions rocked an ammunition dump at an army camp in Tanzania’s commercial capital Wednesday, killing three people and injuring more than 150, officials said.

Huge blasts rocked an ammunition dump at an army camp in Tanzania’s commercial capital on Wednesday, officials said.

A U.N. tribunal convicted a former Rwandan military chaplain Friday of attempted rape and genocide for crimes that included killing people who had sought refuge in a seminary.

The U.N. chief acknowledged Thursday that a widely expected arrest warrant for Sudan’s president in connection with atrocities in Darfur could result in a political fallout and urged him to protect peacekeepers and civilians.

A former Rwandan youth organizer convicted of crimes against humanity committed during the 1994 genocide was released Friday after completing a seven-year sentence and said he plans to join his family in Belgium.

A U.N.-backed court said Thursday the former brother in law of the Rwandan president will serve 13 years in prison for his part in the 1994 genocide. The court was also expected to pass judgment on a three other men and a military official described as th

A U.N. court has convicted the organizer of the 1994 Rwandan genocide that claimed more than 500,000 lives and sentenced him to life in prison.

A maritime official says a Dutch-operated container ship was able to escape an attack by Somali pirates off the coast of Tanzania.

Martti Ahtisaari, 71, was a primary school teacher who joined Finland’s Foreign Ministry in 1965. He spent 20 years abroad, first as ambassador to Tanzania and then to the United Nations in New York.

The Pentagon on Friday denied military prosecutors’ request to seek the death penalty in the trial of a Guantanamo detainee charged in the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania, according to military documents.