by Nurat Uthman
A Ugandan court found former Lord’s Resistance Army commander Thomas Kwoyelo guilty Tuesday of 44 out of 78 war crimes charges brought against him.
The charges included murder, kidnap with intent to murder, pillaging, cruel treatment, torture, rape and crimes against humanity.
The Lord’s Resistance Army was founded by Joseph Kony, who led a rebellion from 1986 to 2005 against President Yoweri Museveni’s government. The group was accused of carrying out multiple massacres. Kony is still at large.
Kwoyelo, now 50, was captured in 2009 in the Democratic Republic of Congo and has been in detention since. His trial began in 2019.
Dressed in a black suit and maroon tie, Kwoyelo sat in the courtroom Tuesday and at times stood tensely, listening as the verdict was announced.
