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 ...

Idi Amin's rule ended only when he was himself ousted by forces from neighbouring Tanzania. Born in 1925 in Uganda's remote West Nile region, the young Amin looked to the military as a source of ...

If there are no intentional efforts to stop them and embark on healing our land, it will explode one day and we will feign ...

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 ...

A Ugandan film about Archbishop Janani Luwum’s defiance of Idi Amin has won top honours at ...

Fifty years after Idi Amin expelled South Asians from Uganda, some of the 7,000 who settled in Canada reflect on that traumatic journey — and on where they are now in their lives. They also have ...

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 ...

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 Saudi Arabia in 2003.His passing was barely acknowledged in Uganda, and ...