Ugandan President Idi Amin wrote to the governments of the British Commonwealth with a bold suggestion: Allow him to take ...

From 1971 to 1979, Idi Amin Dada devastated Uganda using the persona of the playful joker ...

It’s 50 years since a tense international standoff that brought together a British lecturer, an infamous dictator, and a ...

Ugandan President Idi Amin is seen in Nairobi, Kenya, on Aug. 31, 1978. Amin, who took power by force in Uganda in 1971 and ruled until he was removed by armed groups of exiles in 1979, ...

Ugandan military dictator Idi Amin, pictured in June 1972, said he had a dream in which God commanded him to expel the country's Asian population. Jean-Jacques Levy/AP.

Idi Amin, a military dictator, ruled Uganda from 1971 to 1979. His regime is associated with brutality, high-profile murders such as that of Ben Kiwanuka, chief justice of Uganda and Janani Luwum, the ...

Monday 10pm - DICTATOR'S PLAYBOOK - History/Biography - See how Idi Amin used lessons learned in the colonial British army to build a powerful dictatorship in Uganda. Through a combination of ...

Shortly after 8 a.m., she got her reward: Forest Whitaker won the Best Actor award for his portrayal -- by turns charming, paranoid and shockingly cruel -- of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.

News about Idi Amin, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. ... In 1966, the writer was in Uganda at a time of curfew and violence.

KAMPALA, Uganda — Can Idi Amin be rehabilitated?The question is animating some in this East African country two decades after the death of one of Africa’s most infamous leaders.Amin, who took ...

News about Idi Amin, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. ... In 1966, the writer was in Uganda at a time of curfew and violence.

This undated file photo shows Uganda’s then President Idi Amin Dada. Amin, who took power by force in Uganda in 1971 and ruled until he was removed by armed groups of exiles in 1979, died in ...