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Mixed reactions in Uganda over ex-child soldier Dominic Ongwen's 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 soldier's sentencing by the International Criminal Court ICC with mixed reactions. Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier who became a commander of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), was on Thursday sentenced to 25 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity by the ICC. "The years that they have given him is to...

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 own history as a schoolboy abducted by the LRA justifies a lower sentence than the maximum 30 years to...

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 Lord's 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 Criminal Court, on 6 December 2016. © Peter Dejong / ANP / AFP 2 minApproximate reading time The...

ICC hands LRA commander Dominic Ongwen 25-year jail term Thursday May 06 2021 Dominic Ongwen, a senior commander in Uganda's Lord's 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 Ongwen's 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 prison term for Ongwen for attacks by his soldiers on refugee camps in northern Uganda. Victims of h...

SHARE The International Criminal Court on Thursday 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. 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 crimes that you committed... the Chamber sentences you to a total period of imprisonment of 25 years,"...