ICC hands LRA commander Dominic Ongwen 25-year jail term

Dominic Ongwen.

Dominic Ongwen, a senior commander in Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on December 06, 2016. PHOTO | PETER DEJONG | ANP | AFP

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What you need to know:

  • Prosecutors had asked for a 20-year prison term, saying Ongwen's own history as a schoolboy abducted by the LRA justified a lower sentence than the maximum 30 years to life allowed by the ICC.
  • The defence had sought a 10-year prison term for Ongwen for attacks by his soldiers on refugee camps in northern Uganda.

  • Victims of his crimes had asked the court to impose a full life sentence.

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