{{A Norwegian court trying former Rwandan businessman Sadi Bugingo this week started hearing more than 50 witnesses by video conference from Kigali.}}<\/p>\n
Bugingo, 47, is accused of playing a key role in the 1994 genocide against Tutsis in the former Kibungo, eastern Province, in 1994. He has been living in Norway since 2001.<\/p>\n
The hearings are set to continue until November 29. The witnesses are testifying from a room in the Supreme Court in Kigali which has video conference equipment. <\/p>\n
The trial proceedings are being conducted in Norway with translation into Kinyarwanda, the language of the witnesses.<\/p>\n
Bugingo was arrested in Norway in 2010. This is the first genocide trial before a Norwegian court. It is expected to last several months and to close in early 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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