KAMPALA, Uganda -- For many Ugandans, the death of former dictator Idi Amin on Saturday severed the last link to an era best forgotten: eight years of brutal rule defined by the deaths of up to ...
One of the most notorious dictators, the butcher of Uganda as he was called, Idi Amin, was the military ruler of the country from 1971 to 1979. His regime was one of the most brutal in Africa's ...
KAMPALA, Uganda — For many Ugandans, the death of former dictator Idi Amin on Saturday severed the last link to an era best forgotten: eight years of brutal rule defined by the deaths of up to 300,000 ...