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

Thomas Kwoyelo is the first member of the feared Lord's Resistance Army to be tried for war crimes in Uganda.

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Thomas Kwoyelo was found guilty of 44 charges, including murder, rape, kidnapping and pillaging.

He denied all charges that were brought against him.

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

Founded in the late 1980s, the LRA is accused of carrying out atrocities in Uganda and neighbouring countries.

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