Fifty years ago, Ugandan President Idi Amin wrote to the governments of the British Commonwealth with a bold suggestion: Allow him to take over as head of the organization, replacing Queen Elizabeth ...

(RNS) On Monday (Feb. 16), Uganda celebrated the life and ministry of Archbishop Janani Luwum, who was murdered on the orders of Idi Amin. (RNS) Armed with a Bible and a cross, a Ugandan Anglican ...

KAMPALA, UgandaKAMPALA, 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, ...

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Slated to be hosted at Muni University, a public institution in West Nile, Amin’s birth region, the talk never materialised, which shows the hurdles faced by those who want to redeem his image.

They were the sporting heroes of a nation, the no-hopers that showed up Africa’s footballing establishment and whose success saw them showered with gifts by the notorious dictator Idi Amin. Yet the ...

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, ...

The grandson of Idi Amin, the former Ugandan dictator and self-proclaimed “King of Scotland”, is vying to progress into the medal rounds of Commonwealth Games boxing competition in Glasgow on ...

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 — 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 documented ...