'We shall sleep soundly': relief in Uganda as LRA commander jailed
Locals gather around the radio to listen to the verdict on Dominic Ongwen, a former child soldier-turned-commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Lukodi, Uganda, on February 4, 2021. PHOTO | AFP
First they sat silently, tears streaming down the faces of some, huddled around a radio as a judge read out the names of their dead relatives in a court thousands of kilometres away.
Then, the villagers of Lukodi in northern Uganda burst into cheers, raising their hands to the skies, as Dominic Ongwen, 45, was found guilty by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his reign of terror in this region.
