I was 16 years old when I finally blurted out the secret I’d kept for eight years while in a hospital appointment with my mum. I had been experiencing joint pains and fever as well as a rash on my ...

Whitaker’s thriving career remains one of those “good places,” and has been since his film debut as a star football player in the classic ’80s teen coming-of-age film Fast Times at Ridgemont High. In ...

Initially, Israel supplied arms to Amin’s military. But in 1976, Palestinian and German commandos hijacked an international civilian flight and, with Amin’s countenance, diverted it to Entebbe ...

In addition to being deaf, Baseke faced domestic abuse and lived through the brutal regime of then-Uganda President Idi Amin in the 1970s. She immigrated to the U.S. 12 years ago.

One such moment was witnessing her father prepare for his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 film The Last King of Scotland. It follows the brutal tyrant through the eyes of his ...

The Wire star Clarke Peters has slammed colour-blind casting in factual dramas, arguing it would be 'absurd' if Dominic West portrayed Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.

In the summer of 1972, Uganda's leader, Idi Amin, ordered the mass expulsion of Asians. Kishor suddenly had 90 days to leave the country. "I was in shock and disbelief," he says.

Known as ‘Big Daddy’ by his supporters and ‘The Butcher’ by his critics, Idi Amin went from being a dirt-poor illiterate boy from a town in north-west Uganda so remote nobody knows its ...

Forest Steven Whitaker is an American actor, producer, director, and activist. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden ...

Then dictator Idi Amin came to power in a 1971 coup. He outlawed Judaism and ordered all synagogues destroyed. One Jewish man was murdered for singing Hebrew songs, Sizomu said. Many Abayudaya ...

The chairman of the Patriotic League of Uganda, (PLU) Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has appointed one of the sons of former President, Idi Amin to his leadership team in West Nile. Major Gen. Taban ...

This month, the family of veteran freedom fighter and businessman Kung’u Karumba will, perhaps, silently mark 50 years since his mysterious disappearance in Uganda in 1974. The story of Karumba, last ...