By our reporter
Dominic Ongwen, the ex-LRA Senior Commander has been transferred to a jail in Norway to serve his 25-year jail term.
The former Sinia Brigade Commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) was convicted by the judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Ongwen, one the most ruthless LRA commanders was convicted on February 4, 2021, of 61 crimes including murder, rape, torture, and sexual enslavement.
The crimes were committed in Northern Uganda between July 1, 2002, and December 31, 2005.
His trial begun in 2016 after he surrendered to the American forces hunting for the LRA elusive leader Joseph Kony in the jungles of the Central African Republic (CAR).
He is the only LRA Commander who has appeared before The Hague-based court after arrest warrants were issued against LRA top commanders in 2005.
Kony allowed Ongwen to rise in ranks and at the age of 18, he was already a Major in the LRA.
Ongwen was abducted by the rebel group at the age of 9 while on his way to school.
On Monday, ICC confirmed that the former child soldier has become the fifth warlord to be transferred to a Norwegian correctional facility.
The link to the complete Press-Release by the International Criminal Court Can be found here https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/dominic-ongwen-transferred-norway-serve-his-sentence-imprisonment
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