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Tonny Raymond Kirabira, Teaching Fellow, University of Portsmouth

The ICC upholds 25-year jail term for Ongwen - why it matters for Africa

Dominic Ongwen is the first LRA commander to be found guilty of war crimes committed in Northern Uganda. Isaac Kasamani/AFP via Getty Images

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has upheld its 25-year jail term against former Ugandan rebel commander Dominic Ongwen. In a decision delivered on 15 December, the ICC Appeals Chamber confirmed, by majority, the punishment imposed in May last year.

Ongwen was the first Lord’s Resistance Army leader to be found guilty of the crimes during which thousands were killed or displaced in Northern Uganda.

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