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If there are no intentional efforts to stop them and embark on healing our land, it will explode one day and we will feign ...
Idi Amin, who ruled Uganda in draconian fashion from 1971 until 1979, said Saturday that he will help the leaders of the coup in his East African homeland if they allow exiles to return. July 28, 1985 ...
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 ...
In early August 1972, Uganda’s brutal military dictator Idi Amin ordered the expulsion of the country’s entire Asian population – including my grandparents.
Fifty years ago, on Aug. 4, 1972, Ugandan President Idi Amin ordered the expulsion of the country’s entire Asian population, giving them just 90 days to leave. Amin accused Asians of refusing to ...
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 ...
President Idi Amin of Uganda speaks at a news conference during a visit to Damsacus, Syria, on Oct. 16, 1973. Amin, who took power by force in Uganda in 1971 and ruled until he was removed by ...
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 ...
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 ...