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 ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - This undated file photo shows Uganda's then President Idi Amin Dada. Amin, who took power by force in Uganda in 1971 and ...

Perhaps the most persistent delusion about economics is the lump of labor fallacy, the notion that the amount of work available in an economy is fixed and the more people you have, the more ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — Four years ago, researchers working to preserve Ugandan history came across an old metal filing cabinet at the state broadcasting company and pried it open. Inside were some 70,000 ...

Former Ugandan President Idi Amin, exiled in Saudi Arabia after an eight-year rule marked by breathtaking brutality, was in a coma and in deteriorating condition Monday, a hospital official said. The ...

(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 ...

An American deported from Uganda and charged in a massive counterfeiting scheme waived his right to a detention hearing Thursday after federal prosecutors argued he was a threat to flee to the African ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — 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 ...