MALI has accepted to provide prison facilities for convicts of the 1994 Rwanda genocide. The West African nation becomes the first country to sign a formal agreement with the United Nations for the enforcement of the Rwandan tribunal’S sentences. A statement issued by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda said that an agreement to this effect was signed between the government of Mali and the ICTR Registrar, Dr Agwu Okali, in Bamako last Friday. Okali later thanked the Malian government, saying the agreement to provide prison facilities for genocide convicts is further evidence of commitment of the Mali authorities to the international rule of law.