Confidant. In late 1970, Gen Idi Amin while at a mosque in Kayunga District said he feared nobody but God. This was at the peak of the tribal row in the army. The “I fear nobody but God” quote ...

Heroism is not a tattoo etched for life. It is not a permanent scar, like the mark left by a wartime bullet. History shows us, time and again, that within the blink of an eye, a celebrated hero can ...

Prague, 7 August 2003 (RFE/RL) -- When he ruled Uganda in the 1970s, Idi Amin had no equal.

Op-Ed article by Riccardo Orizio says Idi Amin he met in exile in 1997 was unchanged from 'Big Daddy' of Uganda who, in 1970's, was proud of being most feared leader in Africa; says he expressed ...

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 ...

Idi Amin, also known as "Big Daddy" and "Butcher of Africa," is hospitalized in Saudi Arabia, where he has been living in exile. Early years: Amin, also known as Idi Amin Dada, was born in 1924 or ...

4. Ex-dictator Idi Amin in coma An ailing Idi Amin Dada, whose eight-year presidency of Uganda is remembered for the torture and killing of more than 200,000 people, was in a coma in a Saudi hospit… ...

Amin died at 8:20 a.m. in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, where he sought exile after his government was ousted in 1979. He had been on life support since July 18 and had suffered kidney failure.

Former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin dies in exile in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Amin may have executed as many as 500,000 people during his time in power. He seized control of the African nation in a 1971 ...

An ailing Idi Amin, whose eight-year presidency of Uganda is remembered for the torture and killing of more than 200,000 people, was in a coma in a Saudi Arabian hospital Sunday, medical staff ...