13/01/2015
Ugandan rebel to be tried by International Criminal Court
A Ugandan rebel commander who surrendered in central Africa will be tried by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, a Ugandan military official announced Tuesday. Dominic Ongwen, 35, one of the top commanders in the Lord#8217;s Resistance Army rebel group, surrendered last week and urged other rebels to do the same. Joseph Kony Stuart Price / Associated Press A 2006 photo shows Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, at Ri-Kwangba in southern Sudan. (Stuart Price / Associated Press) The LRA, led by warlord Joseph Kony, was notorious for abducting thousands of children to fight, slicing off the lips and ears of children, and massacring villagers in a...
