Uganda Wants ICC To Try Captured LRA Leader

Uganda Army Spokesman Paddy Ankunda said in a Twitter message on Tuesday that "Dominic Ongwen will be tried at the ICC in the Hague."

He said Ongwen will be transferred to The Hague by authorities in the Central African Republic, where Ongwen turned himself in on January 6.

The LRA is accused of killing and kidnapping tens of thousands of people over the past three decades.

Ongwen is wanted for leading an uprising against the Ugandan government.

He is also wanted for other crimes including leading a roving band of fighters in Congo, South Sudan, and the C.A.R.

By Tom Omulo.