Tuesday January 25, 2000
Pastor faces war crimes trial
A Rwandan church minister accused of participating in genocide lost a supreme court appeal yesterday, freeing US officials to hand him over to a UN war crimes tribunal.
Elizaphan Ntakirutimana, 75, was pastor of a Seventh Day Adventist church in Rwanda when in 1994 Hutu extremists killed more than 500,000 people. AP, Washington.
Flood victims saved by UN
The UN refugee agency yesterday airlifted thousands of Angolan refugees to safety from rising flood waters in western Zambia.
The UN said at least 3,500 refugees were to be flown from the Kalabo region, on the Zambezi river, to the provincial capital, Mongu. AP, Lusaka, Zambia.
Bank opens in Kosovo
The Micro Enterprise bank, funded largely by the German and Dutch governments, began operating in Kosovo yesterday.
And in a separate sign of a return to normality, 137 legal officials were sworn in yesterday to tackle a backlog of thousands of criminal cases in Kosovo. AP, Pristina, Yugoslavia.
Seven killed in delta violence
At least seven people died in a clash between riot police and youths in the delta of southern Nigeria.
Violence flared following the death of the Evwreni village chief, who had been the centre of controversy over a payment from the Shell oil firm. AP, Lagos.
