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.

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

• Idi Amin: 'Butcher of Uganda' • Amin death turns focus on tyrants . IDI AMIN • Born in Koboko, West Nile Province, Uganda, 1925 • Raised by his single mother ...

Idi Amin, a Brutal Dictator of Uganda, Dies at 80. MICHAEL T. KAUFMAN New York Times ...

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, ...

Armed with a Bible and a cross, a Ugandan Anglican archbishop took a bold step 38 years ago when he demanded that dictator Idi Amin put an end to extrajudicial killings, political repression ...

Idi Amin, a Brutal Dictator of Uganda, Dies at 80. MICHAEL T. KAUFMAN New York Times ...

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 ...