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

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 (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 ...

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 — 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, ...

Mr. Obote, whose initial term ended with a coup led by Idi Amin, died Oct. 10 at a hospital in Johannesburg, said Henry Mayega, secretary-general of Mr. Obote's Ugandan People's Congress.