Amin died at 8:20 a.m. in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, where he sought exile after his government was ousted in 1979. He had been on life support since July 18 and had suffered kidney failure.

The Amin family fled Uganda when Idi Amin was ousted by Tanzanian-backed Ugandan rebels in 1979. They lived in exile in Saudi Arabia, where many of the family remain to this day.

Two decades after the death of leader Idi Amin, some Ugandans want to memorialize him, despite a documented record of human rights abuses. A contest erupts in Uganda over tainted legacy of Idi ...

General Idi Amin was a murderous dictator who ruled Uganda in the 1970s. Getty Images. Edward Siedle went on to become a successful lawyer and financial-fraud guru, but his father’s murder in ...

In Idi Amin’s Shadow: Women, Gender, and Militarization in Uganda. 2014 Ohio University Press. Rice, Andrew. The Teeth May Smile, But the Heart Does Not Forget. 2009 Henry Holt and Company, LLC.

The son of former Ugandan leader Idi Amin has written to The Guardian listing what he says are inaccuracies in the British newspaper's 2003 obituary of the late dictator.. Parts of the letter were ...

Idi Amin. Latest; Search. Search. Clear this text input. Paul Theroux Recalls a Fear-Filled Lockdown. In 1966, the writer was in Uganda at a time of curfew and violence.

Idi Amin, who called himself "a pure son of Africa," but whose bizarre and murderous eight years as president of Uganda typified the continent's worst dictatorships, died Saturday. He was believed ...