Amin wages war against Buganda's king and goes on an army recruitment drive.

In a sharply critical report, two research groups have raised a chilling alarm: the country’s military is no longer simply a tool of state power; it is the state. Titled Guns Everywhere: The Military ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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