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 ...

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 age of 70. Joseph Olita died suddenly at his rural home in South ...

FILE - This undated file photo shows Uganda's then President Idi Amin Dada. Amin, who took power by force in Uganda in 1971 and ruled until he was removed by armed groups of exiles in 1979, died in ...

Sarah Kyolaba, a dancer with Idi Amin’s Revolutionary Suicide Mechanised Regiment Band, became his favourite wife—if it can ...

Idi Amin (right) lived in the house when was deployed to Kiamacibi village in Mathira constituency to fight the Mau Mau. [Courtesy] Whenever a mention of Idi Amin Dada’s name is made in the interior ...

To some extent, most documentaries rely upon the participation of their subjects. So how do you film a fairly negative documentary about a dangerous and powerful military dictator? Well, if you're ...

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 ...