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

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 ...

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 ...

On this day in 1971, General Idi Amin Dada named himself the third president of Uganda, a week after leading the military coup that toppled the country’s second post-colonial leader, Milton Obote.

Amin may have executed as many as 500,000 people during his time in power. He seized control of the African nation in a 1971 coup and was ousted in 1979. NPR's Linda Wertheimer reviews Amin's life.

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 ...

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 ...