Uganda: Top Ugandan Rebel Commander Dominic Ongwen Transferred to ICC

Arusha — Ugandan rebel commander Dominic Ongwen was on Tuesday transferred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face war crimes charges. Ugandan press reports say Ongwen, who was a child soldier, could be the first ICC suspect to confess.

Ongwen was a top commander of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), which has killed, maimed and abducted thousands of civilians in Uganda and neighbouring countries. Now in his mid-thirties, Ongwen was captured by the LRA at age ten and given military training. He has been wanted by the ICC for nearly ten years.

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