However, Ugandans old enough to remember the brutality of Idi Amin’s reign in the 1970s reacted with sympathy on to the news that the former dictator lay on his death bed. “We are aggrieved ...

General Idi Amin was a murderous dictator who ruled Uganda in the 1970s. Getty Images. Edward Siedle went on to become a successful lawyer and financial-fraud guru, but his father’s murder in ...

Ugandan military dictator Idi Amin, pictured in June 1972, said he had a dream in which God commanded him to expel the country's Asian population. Jean-Jacques Levy/AP.

President Idi Amin of Uganda speaks at a news conference during a visit to Damsacus, Syria, on Oct. 16, 1973. Amin, who took power by force in Uganda in 1971 and ruled until he was removed by ...

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 ...

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 ...