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 ...

Egbeonu said the declaration of state of emergency by Tinubu ‘looks like Idi Amin expression’. DAILY POST reported that President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday night declared a state of emergency in ...

If the claimants fail to prove ownership of the properties within six months, government will go ahead to auction them ...

The reels "never saw the light of day" after the family had to flee their home under Idi Amin's rule. Tearful, the siblings told how their parents had since died, and how they hoped to see them again ...

The relationship between Mwalimu Julius Nyerere and Daniel arap Moi had deteriorated so badly in the late 1970s during the ...

In 1961, Nakuru hosted Nile Rugby Club from Jinja, Uganda, in an Enterprise Cup semi-final that still lives in folklore.

Will Trump’s denouement mirror the type of deadly turbulence that unseated Uganda’s General Idi Amin? Or before it’s too late, will Americans establish a national movement to resist rising ...

In February 1979 as the war advanced northwards on Ugandan soil, the country started experiencing power blackouts. Rumours ...

In 1978-79 the President of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere, lent his ‘walking stick’; the Tanzania Peoples Defence Forces (TPDF) to ...

Say what you will about Field Marshal Alhaji Doctor Idi Amin Dada (and most history books have), but in 1975, the man did ...

The Late Joseph Olita in recent years. [Photo: File/Standard] Siaya, Kenya: The man who acted as former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada in the popular film Rise and Fall of Idi Amin has died at the ...