A former mayor has been handed down a 14 year jail sentence, after being found guilty of aiding genocide in a landmark trial in Germany.

56-year-old Onesphore Rwabukombe was sentenced in a Frankfurt court, after being found guilty of organising a massacre in a church that left as many as 1,200 people dead, during the 1994 genocide.

This is the first time that German courts have sought to tackle suspects accused of taking part in the genocide, that left around 800,000 dead.

Violence broke out in an Australian immigration detention centre located on a Papua New Guinean (PNG) island today, leaving one asylum seeker dead and 77 injured after 2 consecutive nights of violence.

The injuries allegedly occurred after detainees protested and broke out of the internment camps to face a strong backlash security forces.

Commenting on the events Australian Immigration Minister, Scott Morrison said,

Several countries in the EU will deploy troops to the Central African Republic next month, to aid in the restoration of peace in the escalating ethnic violence.

Outlining France's intention to add to the 2000 troops already in the region, a French official, Thierry Repentin, told French media,

“In March, in a few weeks, there will be in Central African Republic several hundred troops coming from several countries in the European Union. "

A Rwandan priest living in the United Kingdom is being investigated by the Church of England, over allegations that he was a propagandist for the Rwandan government during the 1994 genocide.

Jonathan Ruhumuliza, who had been appointed by St Mary and All Saints church in Hampton Lovett, Worcestershire in 2005, is also accused of collaborating with another Anglican bishop in sending Tutsis to their deaths.

Ruhumuliza’s appointee Peter Selby, the former bishop of Worcester, called the allegations "deeply shocking", adding,

As judges from the International Criminal Court prepare to deliver their ruling on the case of Germain Katanga, a man accused of crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the judgement may prove a milestone for international law and have a profound impact on future cases, reports Al Jazeera.

The third anniversary of the Bahraini anti-government protests has seen clashes between demonstrators and security forces.

Troops attacked protestors with birdshot and teargas, with several left wounded.

Amnesty International on Thursday condemned Bahrain's "relentless repression" of dissent and said it feared a violent crackdown.

A bomb went off near the village of Dair, injuring several police men of which one later died.

A UN HRC Commission of Inquiry report will state that crimes against humanity have been committed in North Korea and will call for the International Criminal Court to open an investigation, says the Associated Press having seen a leaked report.

A Commission of Inquiry, established by the United Nations Human Rights Council in March 2013, gives,

"reasonable grounds … to merit a criminal investigation by a competent national or international organ of justice".

The acquittal of two high ranking Rwandan officials this week, who were convicted over their roles in the 1994 genocide, has angered Rwandan genocide survivors who have labelled the decision “outrageous”.

The former chief of staff for the paramilitary police force Augustin Ndindiliyimana and François-Xavier Nzuwonemeye, the former commander of a reconnaissance battalion were both acquitted on appeal of charges relating to the genocide.

Israeli authorities have stopped the transfer of patients from the Gaza Strip to Israel and East Jerusalem, after they objected to their hospital transfer request forms bearing the letterhead which read “State of Palestine”.

A spokesman for COGAT, the Israeli military authority that deals with entry permits told Reuters,