One of the returnees, 33-year-old Ugandan national Ikol Grace, arrived with her two children, Ayuma Maria, aged 8, and Oryema Bosco, aged 2. Grace was reportedly abducted in 2003 at the age of 10 from Amuria District by the LRA. The Government of Uganda has repatriated two women formerly held in captivity by the rebel […]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will hold hearings against fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, nearly 20 years after issuing its first arrest warrant. On Tuesday, judges in The Hague will examine 39 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, sexual slavery, and pillaging. Kony, leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army […]
Former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) fighter, Thomas Kwoyelo alias Latoni has pleaded with the court asking it to forgive him for having married minors for “wives”. It’s criminal in Uganda for one to have canal knowledge of minors. International conventions also protect women and girls from sexually violent crimes during armed conflict. The LRA kidnapped […]