Idi Amin Biography 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 padded his army with his tribe mates the Kakwa, or other related and favoured nationalities like the Nubians; most of whom were semi-literate. They held most command-and-control positions.

Will Trump’s denouement mirror the type of deadly turbulence that unseated Uganda’s General Idi Amin? Or before it’s too late, will Americans establish a national movement to resist rising au… ...

Known as ‘Big Daddy’ by his supporters and ‘The Butcher’ by his critics, Idi Amin went from being a dirt-poor illiterate boy from a town in north-west Uganda so remote nobody knows its ...

In a frightening modern context that brings to mind our own country’s current leader, Idi Amin comes across as soulless, narcissistic, infantile, and very, very dangerous.

The lavish and absurdly lengthy titles of Idi Amin, the former President of Uganda, have long been the subject of both ridicule and analysis. Amin’s self-bestowed titles included “His Excellency, ...

General Idi Amin was a murderous dictator who ruled Uganda in the 1970s. Getty Images Edward Siedle went on to become a successful lawyer and financial-fraud guru, but his father’s murder in ...

Two decades after the death of leader Idi Amin, some Ugandans want to memorialize him, despite a documented record of human rights abuses.

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Can Idi Amin be rehabilitated? The question is animating some in this East African country two decades after the death of one of Africa ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — 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 ...