Trial of Rwanda genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga opening at UN court

A young Tutsi refugee gazes upon the Tutsi camp of Nyarushishi, on August 25, 1994, 6 miles southeast of Cyangugu, Rwanda. [AP]

A frail 87-year-old Rwandan accused of encouraging and bankrolling the country's 1994 genocide goes on trial at a United Nations tribunal Thursday, nearly three decades after the 100-day massacre left 800,000 dead.