In the 1970s, Amin enlisted Black Ugandans to battle against racial minorities who were said to dominate the economy and ...

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

Through indirect rule, Britain governed Uganda by manipulating existing hierarchies. But they also planted a dangerous seed: ...

KAMPALA, Uganda, Feb. 26 -- She was 11 time zones away from Hollywood, but movie buff Marion E. Busingye could not wait to see if "The Last King of Scotland" -- a rare and terrifying look at ...

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 ...

In the 1970s when Idi Amin was president, dead bodies floated in the Nile, just outside Kampala, and sometimes collected on the banks near the Nalubale dam. That happened during Uganda's civil war ...

Idi Amin joined the Ugandan Army in 1962 and quickly rose to commander of the armed forces. In 1971 he overthrew dictator Milton Obote and seized p.

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Uganda hopes to attract tourists with a war museum showcasing some of the darkest moments from its history. Atrocities committed under ex-President Idi Amin's brutal eight-year rule and by the ...

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Former Ugandan President Idi Amin, exiled in Saudi Arabia after an 8-year rule marked by extreme brutality, was in a coma and in deteriorating condition Monday, ...

Nairobi — Thirty years ago, with the Israeli raid on Entebbe airport in neighbouring Uganda, Kenya once again found itself at the centre of global attention. It was 1976, during the cold war and ...

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Former Ugandan President Idi Amin, exiled in Saudi Arabia after an 8-year rule marked by extreme brutality, was in a coma and in deteriorating condition ...