Ate them. So why was this funny over here in the West? Why was Idi Amin a punch line instead of a byword for the nightmarish character of postcolonial dystopias? Because it was Africa, had nothing ...

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 with a ...

Idi Amin presided over a reign of terror in Uganda, during which an estimated 300,000 people died. He seized power in 1971 and condemned his country to a decade of ...

Former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin has died of multiple organ failure in hospital in Saudi Arabia. Amin, who was variously described as 78 or 80 years old, had been in a coma at King Faisal Specialist ...

Siedle chronicled his mission in a new book, “Buried Beneath A Tree in Africa: The Journey to Investigate the Murder of My Father in Uganda by Idi Amin,” out on Feb. 3. Edward Siedle’s book ...

Fifty years ago, on Aug. 4, 1972, Ugandan President Idi Amin ordered the expulsion of the country’s entire Asian population, giving them just 90 days to leave. Amin accused Asians of refusing to ...

On August 7, 1972, General Idi Amin, then military ruler of Uganda ordered the expulsion of Asians. While some say it was a dream Amin had in which God told him to order the expulsion, others also ...

Three Ugandan veteran cartoonists, John Jones Salongo Sserwanga, Willy Ochaya, and James Tumusiime were making cartoons in the 1970s during the reign of dictator Idi Amin. A new documentary ...

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.