Ugandan President Idi Amin wrote to the governments of the British Commonwealth with a bold suggestion: Allow him to take ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

Books continue to be written about him. In 2021, Mark Leopold, British social anthropologist published Idi Amin: The Story of Africa’s Icon of Evil. Last year, Ugandan historian Samwiri Lwanga ...

In early August 1972, Uganda’s brutal military dictator Idi Amin ordered the expulsion of the country’s entire Asian population – including my grandparents.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Idi Amin Dada (c. 1925 – 16 August 2003) was a military leader and President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979.

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 ...

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 ...