Captured LRA Commander to be Tried at ICC

A top Lord's Resistance Army commander who surrendered to U.S. forces last week will be handed over to the International Criminal Court. Ugandan army spokesman Paddy Ankunda said in a Twitter message Tuesday that "Dominic Ongwen will be tried at the ICC in the Hague." He said Ongwen will be transferred to the Hague by authorities in the Central African Republic, where Ongwen turned himself in on January 6. Ongwen surrendered to U.S. military advisors who are helping a...

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