See how Idi Amin used lessons learned in the colonial British army to build a powerful dictatorship in Uganda. Through a combination of populist charm and brutal violence, he ruled for eight years ...

Idi Amin, whose eight years as president of Uganda were characterised by his bizarre and murderous behaviour, has died, a hospital official in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, said. Amin was 80, Ugandan ...

The Late Joseph Olita in recent years. [Photo: File/Standard] Siaya, Kenya: The man who acted as former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada in the popular film Rise and Fall of Idi Amin has died at the ...

Atrocities committed under ex-President Idi Amin's brutal eight-year rule and by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are to be documented. "We want to put the record straight," Uganda Tourism Board ...

Idi Amin Dada, unfortunately, wasn’t so lucky with a girl called Princess Bagaaya, otherwise known as Elizabeth of Toro. The minute the dictator saw the devastatingly beautiful model ...

he later had the dubious honour of coaching Idi Amin at basketball. A few months before the London Olympics, the 6ft 4in 18-year-old Barrow schoolboy had dramatically beaten a strong field to ...

And before long, Garrigan has a chance encounter with General Idi Amin, the country's new president. As one thing leads to another, Idi Amin invites Nicholas to become his personal doctor ...

A Ugandan Asian family who set up one of the UK's first sari department stores has been recalling their experiences on the 50th anniversary of their expulsion by dictator Idi Amin. Nila Raja ...