Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court (ICC) Registrar Osvaldo Zavala Giler has concluded a three-day official visit to Uganda. Zavala Giler arrived in the country over the weekend for the first time since his election as the ICC Registrar in February last year. Between 13 to 15 …
Read More »Visiting ICC boss says states should arrest Joseph Kony
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court (ICC) says it has little do to if the state parties to the Rome Statute do not use their power to have Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) warlord Joseph Kony arrested. The ICC Registrar, Osvaldo Zavala Giler, currently on a visit to …
Read More »Kwoyelo admits marrying girls, asks for pardon
GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | 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 …
Read More »ICC to hear charges against Joseph Kony in absentia
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled that it will commence the hearing of confirmation of charges against fugitive Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leader Joseph Kony in absentia. The Judges have set October 15 this year as the date for the commencement of confirmation …
Read More »Ongwen: ICC orders shs222 billion compensation to victims
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court (ICC) has awarded a total of Euros 52.429 million approximately 222 billion Shillings in compensation to the thousands of victims of former Lord’s Resistant Army (LRA) Rebel Commander Dominic Ongwen. In a reparation decision made on Wednesday, the Judges at the …
Read More »Kony’s family unhappy, seek another meeting with Museveni
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The sons and a former wife of fugitive Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leader, Joseph Kony are seeking another meeting with President Yoweri Museveni over what they say are their poor living conditions. This comes less than three months after the President met Kony’s …
Read More »Former ICC official accused of funding LRA leader Kony
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court (ICC) has been asked to investigate one of its former employees over allegations of facilitating and funding Joseph Kony, the fugitive leader of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Brigid Inder, who was a Special Gender Advisor to former ICC Prosecutor …
Read More »Why LRA leader, son parted ways
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ali Ssalongo Kony, the son of the fugitive Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leader Joseph Kony has opened up on why he parted ways with his father. The 29-year-old recently returned quietly with his family members comprising his mother, expectant wife, and three children …
Read More »Family of former LRA Commander Vincent Otti seeks Govt support
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 …
Read More »White saviourism’s harm
Revisiting Kony Invisible Children saga Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | “White saviour complex is the the idea that people of colour, whether in the Global South or in the West, need “saving” by a Mzungu – white western person or aid worker. Accusations of white saviourism often include …
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