ICC orders record $56m compensation for Uganda LRA war victims
Dominic Ongwen, a former Ugandan child soldier who became a commander of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), appears before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands on December 15, 2022. PHOTO | REUTERS
Nearly 50,000 victims of Ugandan militia commander Dominic Ongwen should get a total of over €52 million ($56 million) in compensation, International Criminal Court (ICC) judges ruled on Wednesday, in a record reparations order.
Judges said Ongwen, a former child-soldier who rose through the ranks to become one of the top commanders of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, did not have the resources to pay the compensation himself.
