Tag Archives: LRA

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Dominic Ongwen, a former Commander in the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army has asked the International Criminal Court-ICC to spare him from further imprisonment since he has already spent a great part of his life from childhood in “prison”. Appearing at The Hague based court on …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A total of 25 unexploded ordnances -UXOs have been found in Agago and Nwoya districts. The devices believed to have been left behind during the Lord’s Resistance Army –LRA insurgency in Northern Uganda were discovered by the local communities who reported to police and other …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Cultural Institution has criticized the recent conviction of former Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA rebel commander Dominic Ongwen. Ongwen who commanded the LRA’s Sinia Brigade was found guilty of 61 out of the 70 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for which he …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dominic Ongwen’s conviction at the International Criminal Court -ICC has reopened a grim memory of his abduction among his family and friends, and added more pain of perhaps never seeing him again. Ongwen, the former commander of the LRA Sinia Brigade was convicted on …

He was not a puppet on a string, judges rule | THE INDEPENDENT | On Feb.04, the International Criminal Court (ICC) found Dominic Ongwen guilty for a total of 61 comprising crimes against humanity and war crimes, committed in northern Uganda. Ongwen was found guilty for attacks against the civilian …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  A cross-section of people in Northern Uganda is calling for a lighter sentence or even a pardon for Dominic Ongwen, one of the commanders of the Lord’s Resistance Army who was convicted for war crimes and Crimes against Humanity. Ongwen was the first LRA commander …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF has been faulted for failing to defend civilians in the Internally Displaced People’s-IDP camps during the LRA-led insurgency in Northern Uganda. The International Criminal Court (ICC) made the observation during a session in which a former Warlord Dominic Ogwen, who …

The Hague, NETHERLANDS | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court (ICC) has postponed the judgment of the former Sinia Brigade Commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebel group, Dominic Ongwen. The court was set to pronounce its judgment on the 12th January 2021 but a Monday 30th November 2020 …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The International Criminal Court (ICC) has set January 12, the day it will deliver judgement in a case where the former Sinia Brigade commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army Dominic Ongwen is accused of war crimes. This is according to a press release issued by …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Residents of Amuru District have protested the delayed construction of a Secondary School pledged by President Museveni six years ago. In 2014, Museveni pledged to construct the school in Lagot Alero, Pupwonya North village in Atiak Sub-County to promote girl-child education following the prolonged effects …