Ugandan rebel charged with 70 counts, including murder, rape
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — An alleged senior commander in the brutal militia of fugitive warlord Joseph Kony pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 70 charges including murder, rape, sexual enslavement and using child soldiers during the group’s insurgency in northern Uganda.
Dominic Ongwen, whom prosecutors say is a commander in the Lord’s Resistance Army, listened intently and wrote notes as an official at the International Criminal Court in The Hague read out the 70 charges.