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Dominic Ongwen and the Lord’s Resistance Army

Dominic Ongwen and the Lord’s Resistance Army

BEN PARKER DOMINIC Ongwen could face decades behind bars after his conviction today at the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and war crimes – committed arguably by a victim of extreme child abuse. Ongwen was aged about 10 when he was abducted, around 1993, by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army, rising to become a commander in the Ugandan armed group, notorious for its abuses against civilians. Specific attacks on civilians and displaced people’s camps formed the core of the legal case against Ongwen, which began in December 2016. Ongwen faced charges including “murder and attempted murder; torture; sexual slavery; rape; enslavement;…
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‘You chop her’: A Ugandan child soldier recalls

‘You chop her’: A Ugandan child soldier recalls

ELIAS BIRYABAREMA LOUIS Lakor was seven years old when Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army killed his family and kidnapped him to use as a child soldier. On Thursday the International Criminal Court found the commander responsible, Dominic Ongwen, guilty of war crimes. Lakor says Ongwen should be forgiven. Ugandan rebel commander found guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity The verdict thrusts an uncomfortable spotlight on questions of culpability in a society still deeply traumatised by the militia, which rampaged through northern Uganda from 1987 to 2006. Families still grapple with the question: when does a terrified and traumatised child become…
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