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Mixed reactions in Uganda over ex-child soldier Dominic Ongwens ICC sentencing Africanews 7 hrs ago © Peter Dejong/AP 2016 Dominic Ongwen Residents of Gulu, a city in northern Uganda and home town of Dominic Ongwen, have greeted the news of the former child soldiers sentencing by the International Criminal Court ICC with mixed reactions. Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier who became a commander of the notorious Lords Resistance Army (LRA), was on Thursday sentenced to 25 years in jail...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is due to sentence Dominic Ongwen, a former child soldier who became one of the top commanders of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Uganda. The 45-year-old in February was found guilty 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. Prosecutors have asked for a 20-year prison term, saying Ongwen’s ow...

6 May 2021 By AFP The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday sentenced Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier who became a commander of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), to 25 years jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity. While a recognition of his status as a victim-perpetrator was expected, the sentence handed down is the second highest ever pronounced at the ICC, just after Bosco Ntaganda (30 years). Ugandan Dominic Ongwen at the opening of his trial at the International C...

ICC hands LRA commander Dominic Ongwen 25-year jail term Thursday May 06 2021 Dominic Ongwen, a senior commander in Ugandas Lords Resistance Army (LRA), at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on December 06, 2016. PHOTO | PETER DEJONG | ANP | AFP Summary Prosecutors had asked for a 20-year prison term, saying Ongwens own history as a schoolboy abducted by the LRA justified a lower sentence than the maximum 30 years to life allowed by the ICC. The defence had sought a 10-year pri...

SHARE The International Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier who became a commander of the notorious Lords Resistance Army (LRA), to 25 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ongwen, 45, whose nom de guerre was "White Ant", 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. "In light of the gravity of the cri...

The East African Thursday May 06 2021 Summary Prosecutors have asked for a 20-year prison term, saying Ongwens own history as a schoolboy abducted by the LRA justifies a lower sentence than the maximum 30 years to life allowed by the ICC. Advertisement The International Criminal Court will on Thursday sentence a child soldier turned Lords Resistance Army commander for a litany of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Uganda. Dominic Ongwen, 45, was found guilty in February of 61 charges inc...

Presiding judge Bertram Schmitt sentenced Ongwen to a total period of 25 years in prison. Ongwen and his men were responsible for attacks on refugee camps in northern Uganda. The International Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier who became a commander in the notorious Lords Resistance Army (LRA), to 25 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ongwen, 45 - whose nom de guerre was "White Ant" - was found guilty in February of 61 charges, i...

ICC Hands Ugandan LRA Commander White Ant 25-year Jail Term By Charlotte VAN OUWERKERK 05/06/21 AT 12:00 PM The International Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier who became a commander in the notorious Lords Resistance Army (LRA), to 25 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ongwen, 45 -- whose nom de guerre was "White Ant" -- was found guilty in February of 61 charges, including murders, rapes and sexual enslavement during a reign...

6 May 2021 By AFP 2 min 50Approximate reading time The International Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier who became a commander in the notorious Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), to 25 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ongwen, 45 — whose nom de guerre was “White Ant” — 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...

International Criminal Court hands Lords Resistance Army commander 25-year jail term SECTIONS Last Updated: May 06, 2021, 04:00 PM IST Share Synopsis Dominic Ongwen, 45 -- whose nom de guerre was "White Ant" -- 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. AP In this Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016 file photo, Dominic Ongwen, a senior commander in the Lords Resistance Arm...