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Uganda LRA commander jailed for 40 years

Suspected Lord's Resistance Army member Thomas Kwoyelo is pictured during a pre-trial session at the High Court in Kampala on Februay 1, 2017. [AFP]

A Ugandan court on Friday sentenced a former Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) commander to 40 years in prison after a landmark war crimes trial over his role in the group's two-decade reign of terror.

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