Former LRA Commander Ongwen in Court at The Hague

 

By Nii Akrofi Smart-Abbey

A former senior commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda, has been accused by prosecutors at the International Criminal Court of abducting children to be raped, enslaved or trained as soldiers in its long campaign against the Ugandan government.

Dominic Ongwen, a one-time child soldier who became a senior LRA commander appeared at the ICC in the Hague on Thursday for a confirmation of charges hearing.

The former LRA leader who surrendered in the Central African Republic in January 2015 after years on the run is charged with 70 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in northern Uganda. 

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Source: Africanews.