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
The US State Department will uphold its $5 million bounty on Joseph Kony, the leader of Uganda’s rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army, which has in over two decades committed atrocities in northern Uganda, South Sudan and parts of central Africa.
The US announcement on Friday came just a day after The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted LRA former commander Dominic Ongwen for crimes against humanity, sexual and gender based violence including rape and forced pregnancy.
