Cow named after Robert Burns given to Rwandan hero

The gift marked Amiel Mbarubukeye's role in rescuing Delphine

A man who saved a baby left for dead during the Rwandan genocide has been presented with a cow named after Scotland's national bard.

Amiel Mbarubukeye rescued Delphine after he found her lying next to her dead mother as he was burying massacred Tutsis during the civil war in 1994.

Mr Mbarubukeye raised Delphine until her father was traced.

The farmer has now been presented with a cow named Burns, which was bought with money raised in Scotland.

The Reverend Chris Blackshaw, the Church of Scotland's dedicated farming minister, named Delphine's cow Burns.

He had helped to organise the charity event near Cumnock, East Ayrshire, which raised the money for the animal.

He said: "I have been to Malawi and witnessed the difference that livestock can make to a person's life and the life chances of those around them.

"It can transform lives and we're delighted for Mr Mbarubukeye.

"It is a touching and moving story because he was a Hutu and was burying the bodies of minority Tutsis who were persecuted, and he decided to save an innocent life instead."

The reconciliation centre in the Congo where efforts to heal divisions between Tutsis and Hutus are undertaken

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