Nairobi/Kigali - Agnes Ntamabyariro, a former Rwandan justice minister, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for her role in the 1994 genocide, reports said Tuesday.

The BBC reported that Ntamabyariro, who had a Hutu father and Tutsi mother, was convicted in a Kigali court Monday for conspiracy and incitement related to the genocide.

Hutu militia slaughtered over 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus within 100 days following the assassination of president Juvenal Habyarimana on April 6 1994.

The most prominent figures have been tried at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Tanzania. (dpa)