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A survivor of a Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) attack on the Lukodi camp for internally displaced people (IDP) told the International Criminal Court (ICC) that government soldiers assigned to protect them fled when rebels attacked the camp. Witness P-024 told the court on Friday that Ugandan army soldiers ran away when
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Dominic Ongwen’s lawyers at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday challenged the account that a former abductee of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels made regarding an attack on a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs). Defense lawyer Charles Achaleke Taku alleged that there were contradictions between the statement the
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The process of withdrawal of Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers from the Central African Republic (CAR) has started. Uganda sent troops to CAR in 2009 after the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) led by Joseph Kony were were flushed out of Uganda and pitched camp in the CAR western town of
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The lawyer representing Dominic Ongwen, who is on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC), told the court it was “unacceptable” that he could not ask some questions because of the conduct of a prosecution witness. Krispus Ayena Odongo made this comment early into Friday’s hearing as he tried to cross-examine Witness
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A member of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) told the International Criminal Court (ICC) that the Ugandan military began tape recording its intercepts of radio communications of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) soon after rumors circulated on local radio stations that the government intended to ask the ICC to
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Judge Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi, the president of the International Criminal Court (ICC), has visited victims of the Joseph Kony-led Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebellion in northern Uganda. The victims are beneficiaries of the Trust Fund for Victims (TFV), a project helping victims through psychological rehabilitation, physical rehabilitation and material support. Some
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