A Norwegian court trying former Rwandan businessman Sadi Bugingo this week started hearing more than 50 witnesses by video conference from Kigali.
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.
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.
The trial proceedings are being conducted in Norway with translation into Kinyarwanda, the language of the witnesses.
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.
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