Daily Monitor
Monday May 10 2021
In this file photo taken on December 06, 2016 shows Dominic Ongwen, a senior commander in Uganda s Lord s Resistance Army (LRA), looks on at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. PHOTO/AFP
Summary
International Criminal Court (ICC) sentenced Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier who became a commander of the notorious Lord s Resistance Army (LRA), to 25 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Dominiuc Ongwen, 45, was found guilty in February of 61 charges including murders, rapes and sexual enslavement during a reign of terror in the early 2000s by the LRA, led by the fugitive Joseph Kony.