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ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda in Uganda urges LRA rebel chief Joseph Kony to surrender

ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda says, if he surrenders, Joseph Kony would be treated fairly and impartially, in accordance with highest standards of justice. (Photo:AFP)

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor pleaded on Friday for the Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebel chief to surrender, vowing he would receive a fair trial just as his deputy faces.

Senior rebel leader Dominic Ongwen, a child-soldier-turned-warlord in Uganda's LRA, appeared before the ICC in The Hague for the first time in January, charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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