Tag Archives: LRA

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Preparations are in high gear for the fourth edition of the annual Acholi Cultural Festival, one of the largest cultural get-togethers of the Acholi community to celebrate and showcase their diverse tradition. This year’s festival organized by the Acholi Cultural Institution will be held at …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General has asked judges at the International Crimes Division of the High Court to dismiss an application demanding the court to order government to compensate victims of atrocities committed by convicted former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo. This follows …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Defence team of elusive Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leader Joseph Kony have arrived in Northern Uganda, the epicentre of the two-decade LRA insurgencies to engage with key stakeholders on the case of Kony before the International Criminal Court (ICC). Led by Peter Hayne, …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The International Crimes Division of the High Court (ICD) has sentenced former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo to 40 years in jail over war crimes and crimes against humanity. The sentence was delivered Friday by a four-member panel of judges of the ICD …

GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | A four-panel member of Judges at the International Crimes Division (ICD) of the High Court of Uganda will on Friday, issue a sentencing in the case of former Lord’s Resistance Army rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo. Kwoyelo was convicted on August 13 of committing 44 crimes …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo alias Latoni will know his fate today as the International Crimes Division (ICD) of the High Court delivers its verdict on the case in which he is accused of committing war crimes and crimes against …

GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Court assessors have asked Judges at the International Crimes Division of the High Court to convict former Lord’s Resistance Army rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo alias Latoni over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. Three assessors offered their opinions to the trial panel on Friday …

GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Judges at the International Crimes Division of the High Court have convened a sitting at Gulu High Court to hear the opinions of assessors on the trial of former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo. The session that was held on Friday is …

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 …

For a week, ending April 30, a court sitting in Gulu heard what he had to say about accusations levelled against him since his capture 15 years ago Gulu, Uganda | GRACE MATSIKO | Dressed in a grey suit, red-spotted tie and matching shoes, former Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) …