A cousin of the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to death by an Iraqi court for the mass murder of Kurds in 1988.

Ali Hassan Al Majid, known as 'Chemical Ali' for his use of poison gas, was convicted of genocide.

About 180,000 Kurd civilians died in the campaign, prosecutors say.

Two fellow defendants were also sentenced to death, two others received prison sentences and a fifth had charges dropped for lack of proof.