Idi Amin - Wikipedia
WEBIdi Amin Dada Oumee ( / ˈiːdi ɑːˈmiːn, ˈɪdi -/ ⓘ, UK also /- æˈmiːn /; 30 May 1928 – 16 August 2003) was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. He ruled as a military dictator and is considered one of the most brutal despots in modern world history.
Amin (name) - Wikipedia
WEBAmin or Amine ( Arabic: أمين, romanized : amīn ), cognate to amen ( Arabic: آمين, ʾāmīn ), is an Arabic male given name, meaning "devoted, honest, straightforward, trusty, worth of belief (believable), loyal, faithful, obedient". The Arabic female form of Amin is Amina.
Idi Amin | Biography, Facts, & Death | Britannica
WEBIdi Amin, military officer and president (1971–79) of Uganda whose regime was noted for the sheer scale of its brutality, earning him the nickname the ‘Butcher of Uganda.’ He came to power following a coup and was eventually forced out …
Idi Amin - Death, Uganda & Facts | HISTORY
WEBDec 16, 2009 · Idi Amin was a Ugandan military officer and politician. In 1971 he overthrew the elected government of Milton Obote and declared himself president of Uganda, launching a ruthless eight-year...
Idi Amin | | The Guardian
WEBAug 18, 2003 · Idi Amin, who has died at an age thought to be 78, was one of the most brutal military dictators to wield power in post-independence Africa. While chief of staff of the...
Idi Amin - Movie, Death & Facts - Biography
WEBApr 2, 2014 · Who Was Idi Amin? Idi Amin was a Ugandan president born circa 1925 in Kokobo, West Nile Province, Uganda. He rose within the military from the 1940s through 1970. Amin overthrew the current...
A contest erupts in Uganda over tainted legacy of Idi Amin - Los ...
WEBNov 13, 2023 · Two decades after the death of leader Idi Amin, some Ugandans want to memorialize him, despite a documented record of human rights abuses.
Uganda: Midwife recalls delivering dictator Idi Amin's baby - BBC
WEBAug 4, 2022 · A former midwife has recalled the moment she helped deliver a child of murderous Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, 50 years since thousands of people like her fled the country. Yasmin Lalani was among...
Idi Amin as a military officer and president of Uganda
WEBIdi Amin, (born 1924/25, Koboko, Ugan.—died Aug. 16, 2003, Jiddah, Saud.Ar.), Military officer and president (1971–79) of Uganda. A member of the small Kakwa ethnic group and a Muslim, he was closely associated during his military career with Milton Obote, Uganda’s first prime minister and president. In 1971 he staged a coup against Obote.
BBC Radio 4 - Idi Amin's Uganda Retold
WEBMar 26, 2018 · Journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown retells the story of the expulsion of Ugandan Asians by Idi Amin and the largely forgotten mass murder of Amin's own people.
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