April 27, 2025
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Ex-LRA commander convicted of crimes against humanity in landmark Ugandan trial

Ex-LRA commander convicted of crimes against humanity in landmark Ugandan trial

Court to sentence Thomas Kwoyelo for 44 offences committed during militia’s 20-year rebellion and reign of terror

A former commander in the feared Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has been convicted of crimes against humanity after the first such war crimes trial in Uganda.

Thomas Kwoyelo, who faced 78 counts related to crimes committed during the LRA’s bloody two-decade rebellion, had been waiting for years behind bars for a verdict in the landmark case.

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