About a decade ago, I picked up a copy of John Follain's wonderfully entertaining potboiler Jackal: The Complete Story of… ...

Ugandan military dictator Idi Amin, pictured in June 1972, ... this was the era of politician Enoch Powell’s infamous “Rivers of Blood” speech – and unemployment was high.

"Forest came on several times to do different takes of the speech," says Macdonald, "and the man from the village who'd organised everybody to come along told me people were wondering why Idi Amin ...

Uganda’s newest attraction: Idi Amin, ... In one image, he wears an immaculate suit and stands before a cluster of microphones mid-speech with an index finger thrust into the air.

Background Amin President Idi Amin came to power on January 25, 1971 after overthrowing then president Milton Obote. He ruled as a military dictator and is considered one of the most brutal ...

In the speech that announced it, Amin hymned the Economic War as: The day of salvation for the Ugandan Africans. This is the day of the redemption of the Ugandan Africans.

Fifty years ago, on Aug. 4, 1972, Ugandan President Idi Amin ordered the expulsion of the country’s entire Asian population, giving them just 90 days to leave. Amin accused Asians of refusing to ...

Ugandan military dictator Idi Amin, pictured in June 1972, ... this was the era of politician Enoch Powell’s infamous “Rivers of Blood” speech – and unemployment was high.