Thomas Kwoyelo is the first LRA commander to be tried by a Ugandan court.
A child soldier-turned-rebel commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army has been convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity in a landmark case in Uganda.He denied all 78 charges that were brought against him.
The trial was held in Gulu city in northern Uganda - the region that was terrorised by the LRA for more than two decades. Joseph Kony formed the LRA in Uganda more than two decades ago, and claimed to be fighting to install a government based on the Bible's 10 Commandments.
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