Idi Amin, the ruthless former dictator of Uganda, has been buried during a small funeral ceremony, in Saudi Arabia, just hours after his death. Amin, who was responsible for the deaths of hundreds ...

That is out … ” Then, so there was no mistake, he added, “Don’t cross me on this, because I am a busy man and have no time, no time whatsoever, to go to your funeral.” Still, it was hard ...

At Muthiora’s funeral, reportedly attended by over 20,000 people ... Another presidential message of condolence, also read by Boit, came from Uganda’s President Idi Amin, who described the late MP as ...

When Idi Amin took over power in January 1971 ... On 1 May 1980, the UNLF was overthrown in a military coup, 2 and Nabudere, then in Yugoslavia attending the funeral of Marshall Tito, found himself ...

“People speak sometimes about the ‘bestial’ cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts; no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel ...

The author – four of whose books have now been sold to Hollywood – remembers a time as a child, growing up in Uganda at the height of Idi Amin’s terrifying repression, when the family was ...

Other dictators (Idi Amin and Kim Jong-il) are as thick as two planks. Some (the Shah of Iran) are royal in manner and appearance. And so it’s not the character or intelligence of the dictator ...

In Uganda, Idi Amin’s State Research Bureau employed sophisticated spying equipment and intercepted mail at the post office to root out supposed saboteurs. In Syria, Bashar al-Assad relied on ...

Donald Trump faced online criticism for wearing a blue suit to Pope Francis's funeral, deemed inappropriate by some due to the traditional mourning attire. However, he wasn't alone, as Prince ...

Sadly, the damage was already done. Idi Amin wasn’t just a dictator, he was a madman who saw himself as both king and god. In the 1970s, this self-declared "Last King of Scotland" ran Uganda ...