Thomas Kwoyelo was convicted of dozens of war crimes in August, the first time an officer of his seniority had been tried by Uganda's judiciary

A former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels was sentenced by a court in Uganda on Friday to 40 years in prison for brutal crimes committed by the group during its insurgency that started in the 1980s.

A court in Uganda on Friday sentenced a former commander in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group to 40 years in prison. Thomas Kwoyelo was found guilty on 44 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity including murder,

Thomas Kwoyelo, the former commander in the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after being convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The sentence was handed down by a four-judge panel of the International Crimes Division (ICD) of the High court, sitting at Gulu in northern Uganda.

Ex-rebel leader Thomas Kwoyelo was sentenced to 40 years for war crimes including multiple murders, rapes, pillaging, and enslavement.

A Ugandan court on Friday sentenced a former Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) commander to 40 years in prison after a landmark war crimes trial over his role in the group's two-decade reign of terror.

Thomas Kwoyelo, who rose through the ranks of Kony's terror group after being abducted at the age of 12, has been sentenced to four decades behind bars, in the first case of its kind in the East African country.

One Ugandan court don sentence a former commander for di notorious Lords Resistance Army (LRA) to 40 years in prison afta one ogbonge landmark war crimes trial.

Thomas Kwoyelo, a mid-level commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army rebel group, was sentenced to 40 years in prison in Uganda on Friday for war crimes including murder, rape, enslavement, torture and kidnap.