Dominic Ongwen was born on 1975 and is a Ugandan former child soldier and former commander of one of the brigades of the Ugandan guerrilla group Lord's Resistance Army.
20 Facts About Dominic Ongwen
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Dominic Ongwen was abducted by the LRA as he walked to Abili Primary School in Koro.
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When Dominic Ongwen's mother heard that he had been kidnapped, she refused to run away with the other villagers saying she was ready to face the rebels.
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Dominic Ongwen was indoctrinated under the tutelage of Vincent Otti, while still a child, as an LRA fighter.
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Dominic Ongwen then rose within the ranks becoming a major at the age of 18 and brigadier of the Sinia Brigade, one of the four LRA brigades, by his late twenties.
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Dominic Ongwen was a member of the "Control Altar" of the LRA that directs military strategy.
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Dominic Ongwen fathered at least eleven children, four of them with Florence Ayot.
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Dominic Ongwen was reported killed in combat with a unit of the Uganda People's Defence Force on 10 October 2005, and the identity of the body was confirmed by former LRA commanders.
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Dominic Ongwen was the lowest ranking of the five LRA leaders for whom the ICC issued their first ever warrants in June 2005.
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Dominic Ongwen is the only one whom the court succeeded in detaining, and, with the exception of the leader, Joseph Kony, is the only one now left alive.
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Dominic Ongwen was initially charged with four counts of war crimes and three counts of crimes against humanity.
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An American helicopter dispatched to Sam Ouandja picked up Dominic Ongwen and brought him to Obo.
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Dominic Ongwen was then transferred successively to the Ugandan forces, the Central African Republic forces, and ultimately to the ICC.
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Dominic Ongwen urged other insurgents to resume their civilian lives.
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On 26 January 2015, Dominic Ongwen made his first appearance before the ICC, but the commencement of the confirmation of charges hearing was postponed in order to allow the Prosecutor to prepare adequately for the hearing and to comply with the Chamber's instructions.
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On 26 January 2016, Dominic Ongwen appeared for a pre-trial hearing.
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Dominic Ongwen became father to another child following the visit of one of his wives.
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Dominic Ongwen has been visited by four Acholi leaders, including the Paramount chief, His Highness David Onen Achana II, and the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu John Baptist Odama.
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Dominic Ongwen's case is unique because he himself was abducted by the LRA and forced to be a child soldier before rising to leadership.
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On 18 December 2023, Dominic Ongwen was transferred to Norway to serve his sentence of imprisonment.