On this day in 1971, General Idi Amin Dada named himself the third president of Uganda, a week after leading the military coup that toppled the country’s second post-colonial leader, Milton Obote.

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. Amin, who took power ...

When the exiled former Ugandan leader Idi Amin died in August in a hospital in Saudi Arabia, obituary writers all over the world weighed in on the legacy of one of the world's most notorious dictators ...

AT ONE POINT, he was the world’s deadliest clown. Idi Amin was the jovial, baby-faced psychopath who ruled Uganda from 1971 to 1979, gaining power by literally feeding his enemies to the crocodiles.

The former Ugandan leader, Idi Amin Dada, has a well-deserved reputation as a ruthless dictator. But as he fights for his life in a Saudi Arabian hospital, the chance of him ever being brought to ...

His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshall Alhaji Dr Idi Amin Dada, VC DSO MC, Lord of all Beasts of all the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in ...

In the new film The Last King of Scotland, Forrest Whitaker plays Ugandan dictator Idi Amin as a force of nature who sees his power with good intentions. (Soundbite of movie "The Last King of Scotland ...

Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor-elect of New York City, was born in Uganda to parents of Indian origin, and his family emigrated when he was a child. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Musinguzi Blanshe In 1966, ...

FILE - This undated file photo shows Uganda's then President Idi Amin Dada. Amin, who took power by force in Uganda in 1971 and ruled until he was removed by armed groups of exiles in 1979, died in ...