In 1971, Idi Amin Dada, a former officer of the King s African Rifles and commander of the Ugandan Army, seized power in a military coup in Uganda. Characterized by human rights abuses, political repression, ethnic persecution, extra judicial killings, nepotism, corruption and gross economic mismanagement, Amin s rule drove thousands into exile. Amin shifted the country s orientation in international relations from alliances with the West and Israel, to cooperation with the Soviet Union. With Tanzanian leader Julius Nyerere offering sanctuary to Uganda s ousted president, Milton Obote,...
In 1971, Idi Amin Dada, a former officer of the King s African Rifles and commander of the Ugandan Army, seized power in a military coup in Uganda. Ch...
