Known as the White Ant, Dominic Ongwen was 10 years old, walking to school in northern Uganda. when he was abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army rebel movement.

He was reportedly captured in January last year by the Seleka rebel group in Central African Republic (CAR) and handed over to the US forces working with African Union troops in the region, before being transferred to the ICC.  

Dominic Ongwen at a glance:

• Became a top commander following abduction
• Accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including enslavement
• ICC issued arrest warrant in 2005
• Rumoured to have been killed in the same year
• US offered $5m (£3.3m) reward for information leading to his arrest in 2013

You can read his full profile here.

The BBC reporter in Lukodi, northern Uganda, which was the site of an LRA massacre allegedly overseen by Dominic Ongwen, tweets that there are problems with the broadcast of the hearing for the local community: 

The BBC reporter watching the hearing in northern Uganda tweets:

The International Criminal Court judge has been reading out the charges facing Dominic Ongwen. 

The ICC's own document for this morning's confirmation of charges hearing lists the following: 

• Three counts of crimes against humanity: Murder; enslavement; inhumane acts of inflicting serious bodily injury and suffering.

• Four counts of war crimes: murder; cruel treatment of civilians.

Read the full ICC case information sheet, external on Dominic Ongwen. 

Image source, ICC

LRA commander Dominic Ongwen stands and addresses the court in The Hague.

He says through a translator that the hearing is "a waste of time" as he thinks many things that will be will be incorrect.

He said he had read and understood the charges against him. 

Image source, AFP

Patience Atuhaire
BBC Africa, Uganda

I'm in Lukodi village in northern Uganda where people have started to gather for the screening by the local ICC office of the confirmation of charges hearing against Dominic Ongwen in The Hague.

Lukodi is where on 19 May 2004 about 60 people were massacred by the LRA at a camp for the internally displaced.

Ongwen is said to have been the commander on the night of the massacre

Lukodi village is in Gulu district, about a 30-minute drive from Gulu town.

A UN Security Council delegation will arrive in Burundi today to try to end the cycle of violence in the country and to promote peace talks.

The decision by President Pierre Nkurunziza to seek re-election last April led to street protests and a failed coup in May, leaving Burundi on the brink of civil war.

The BBC's UN correspondent says the delegation will aim to persuade the Burundian government to accept a peacekeeping force from the African Union, in a bid to prevent the spread of ethnic violence and human rights abuses.

Image source, Reuters

Anna Holligan
Reporter BBC News, The Hague

Dominic Ongwen, who was kidnapped and groomed as a child soldier by the LRA at the age of 10, was arrested in the Central African Republic (CAR) last January after years in hiding.

According to the prosecution, Dominic Ongwen's soldiers were responsible for slaughtering civilians, burning down their homes and stealing their belongings.

In court papers seen by the BBC, one victim described how his men put her step-son in a bag and stamped on it until he was dead.

He is also accused of abducting schoolgirls and using them as sex slaves and of conscripting children under the age of 15 to fight in his rebel army.

Over the next five days both sides - the defence and prosecution - will have a chance to outline their arguments.

The judges will then have 60 days to decide whether there is enough evidence to put him on trial.

Image source, AFP

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has started deliberations on whether there is enough evidence to put a former commander of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) on trial.

Dominic Ongwen is facing 67 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes in northern Uganda committed between 2002 and 2005.

The LRA leader, Joseph Kony, is one of the ICC's most wanted fugitives.

The group is suspected of killing more than 100,000 people and abducting 60,00 children, during a conflict spanning three decades.

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