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Thomas Kwoyelo: Ex-LRA rebel gets 40-year jail term in landmark Ugandan case

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Thomas Kwoyelo is the first commander from the feared rebel group to be convicted by a Ugandan court.

He was acquitted of three murder charges and 31 other charges were dismissed.

The International Criminal Court in the Netherlands sentenced another LRA commander Dominic Ongwen to 25 years in prison, in 2021 .

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