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Daily Monitor Thursday February 04 2021 Dominic Ongwen, former commander of Sinia Brigade of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army rebels in the dock at the ICC recently. PHOTO/ ICC Summary During 2002-2005, seven of these women were forced to be Ongwen's "so-called wives" and two gave birth to children, leading to the historic conviction for forced pregnancy. Children and mothers with babies tied to their backs were among those killed, said judge Schmitt, who read out the names of the victims. Advertisement The International Criminal Court on Thursday convicted a Ugandan child soldier-tur...

Sumy Sadurni / AFP via Getty Images Originally published on February 4, 2021 10:31 am The International Criminal Court convicted child soldier-turned-Lord's Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen of war crimes and crimes against humanity Thursday. Ongwen, was the first LRA commander to face trial for its campaign of terror and violence in the early 2000s. The charges include numerous crimes against girls and women, including forced pregnancy. Ongwen, who is now in his 40s, has that because he was kidnapped when he was around 10 years old, he was also a victim of the LRA and warlord J...

Daily Monitor Thursday February 04 2021 Margaret Labol, 50, who lost 15 family members and her husband, a Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) soldier, during the Lukodi massacre caused by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in 2004, poses for a portrait in front of the memorial for the victims of the massacre in Lukodi, Uganda, February 3, 2021. PHOTOS/ AFP Summary The memory of LRA across much of northern Uganda is that of a group that abducted children as soldiers, pillaged villages for food and material possession and conscripted girls as sex slaves. The LRA was founded three decades ago by ...

Women in Lukodi, Uganda, celebrate after hearing on a radio that the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, found Dominic Ongwen guilty of war crimes, including a massacre in their village back in 2004. The International Criminal Court convicted child soldier-turned-Lord's Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen of war crimes and crimes against humanity Thursday. Ongwen, was the first LRA commander to face trial for its campaign of terror and violence in the early 2000s. The charges include numerous crimes against girls and women, including forced pregnancy. Ongwen, who is n...

Home/News from NPR/Ugandan Child Soldier-Turned-Rebel Commander Is Convicted Of War Crimes A former child soldier, Ongwen was the first LRA commander to face trial for the group's terror campaign. The charges include numerous crimes against girls and women, including forced pregnancy. Ugandan Child Soldier-Turned-Rebel Commander Is Convicted Of War Crimes By Bill Chappell  February 4, 2021 The International Criminal Court convicted child soldier-turned-Lord’s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen of war crimes and crimes against humanity Thursday. Ongwen, was the first LRA commander to...