Idi Amin, whose eight years as president of Uganda were characterised by his bizarre and murderous behaviour, has died, a hospital official in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, said. Amin was 80, Ugandan ...

How Britain offered a new future to 27,000 Ugandan Asians fleeing tyrant Idi Amin ...

In Uganda’s politics most governments that came after the fall of Field Marshal Idi Amin (1971-1979) have used him and his time at the helm as the yardstick of the lowest level this country has ...

See how Idi Amin used lessons learned in the colonial British army to build a powerful dictatorship in Uganda. Through a combination of populist charm and brutal violence, he ruled for eight years ...