Scottish physician Nicholas Garrigan flies to Uganda to work at a missionary clinic. And before long, Garrigan has a chance encounter with General Idi Amin, the country's new president.

See how Idi Amin used lessons learned in the colonial British army to build a powerful dictatorship in Uganda. Through a combination of populist charm and brutal violence, he ruled for eight years ...

MacDonald's narrative feature, "The Last King of Scotland," earned the best actor Oscar for Forest Whitaker for his chilling ...

How Britain offered a new future to 27,000 Ugandan Asians fleeing tyrant Idi Amin ...