In Uganda’s politics most governments that came after the fall of Field Marshal Idi Amin (1971-1979) have used him and his time at the helm as the yardstick of the lowest level this country has ...

How Britain offered a new future to 27,000 Ugandan Asians fleeing tyrant Idi Amin ...

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 ...