Sarah Kyolaba, a dancer with Idi Amin’s Revolutionary Suicide Mechanised Regiment Band, became his favourite wife—if it can ...

Idi Amin (right) lived in the house when was deployed to Kiamacibi village in Mathira constituency to fight the Mau Mau. [Courtesy] Whenever a mention of Idi Amin Dada’s name is made in the interior ...

To some extent, most documentaries rely upon the participation of their subjects. So how do you film a fairly negative documentary about a dangerous and powerful military dictator? Well, if you're ...

FILE - 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 ...

A Popular History of Idi Amin’s Uganda. By Derek Peterson. Yale University Press; 376 pages; $35 and £25 Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni and the Making of the Ugandan State. By Mahmood Mamdani.

Fifty years ago, Ugandan President Idi Amin wrote to the governments of the British Commonwealth with a bold suggestion: Allow him to take over as head of the organization, replacing Queen Elizabeth ...

Idi Amin Dada (30 May 1928 – 16 August 2003) was a military leader and President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the British colonial regiment, the King's African Rifles, in 1946, and ...

The plane carrying 193 passengers circled down over London Stansted Airport, where a cluster of journalists were waiting to document its arrival. Stepping onto the tarmac under typically gray English ...

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 power ...

In 1966, the writer was in Uganda at a time of curfew and violence. It shaped his thinking about travel writing’s imperative to bear witness. By Paul Theroux Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of ...

Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor-elect of New York City, was born in Uganda to parents of Indian origin, and his family emigrated when he was a child. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Musinguzi Blanshe In 1966, ...