Tag Archives: LRA

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has secured a facility in Gulu City to host 150 former Lord’s Resistance Army rebels for rehabilitation. This comes months after the Ministry of Defence conducted an assessment of various facilities within Gulu City suitable for rehabilitating ex-LRA fighters who were repatriated from …

The Hague, Netherlands | THE INDEPENDENT | Judges at the Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court – ICC in The Hague have withdrawn the arrest warrant against Vincent Otti, the Second-in-Command of the Lord’s Resistance Army – LRA rebels, who is now assumed dead. The Chamber found that …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government has picked interest in investigating the allegations against a former International Criminal Court (ICC) official over facilitating and financing the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leader Joseph Kony. This comes just two days after Brigid Inder, a former Special Gender Advisor to former …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thomas Kwoyelo, a former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) warlord facing 93 charges stemming from atrocities committed during the Northern Uganda political insurgency, has made a plea to the International Crimes Division of the High Court for a special food diet. Kwoyelo, who has been …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The U.S. Mission in Uganda has completed and handed over infrastructure projects in seven districts in Northern Uganda. These projects include the Atiak-Karawal Road in Amuru District and classroom blocks, teacher housing units, and pit latrines at primary schools in Lamwo, Kitgum, and Nwoya …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary is considering setting aside funds specifically for the trial of Thomas Kwoyelo, a former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander. The Principal Judge, Dr. Flavian Zeija, revealed this during the launch of the Judicial Bench Book on the Criminal Adjudication of International Crimes …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The family of Vincent Otti, a former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), is requesting the government to award him a heroic medal for his role in pacifying peace in Northern Uganda. They believe Otti was instrumental in initiating the peace process and …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of residents on Friday gathered at Lukodi Village in Bungatira Sub-county, Gulu District to mark the 19th anniversary of the infamous Lord’s Resistance Army rebel attack that left 69 people dead. The LRA rebels raided the village located about 17 kilometers outside Gulu Town …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 1,000 members of West Nile Kony War Victims group have again protested the delays by the government to pay their compensation even after speaking to President Museveni on June 20, 2022. Between 1988 and 1999, over 1,000 businessmen and women from West Nile suffered …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Commander of the Sinia Brigade of the Lord’s Resistance Army – LRA, Dominic Ongwen is yet to make a formal submission to the Presidency of the International Criminal Court – ICC of a preferred country where he will be serving his 25-years’ jail sentence. …