The Telegraph: Moses Ali, Ugandan politician and ‘lion of Adjumani’ who helped Idi Amin to seize power in 1971
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Idi Amin
Awon'go Idi Amin Dada Oumee was a Ugandan military officer and dictator who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 until his overthrow in 1979. He gained power after the 1971 Ugandan coup d'état. International observers and human rights groups estimate that between 100,000 and 500,000 people were killed under his regime.
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Born 1925 · Died 16 August 2003 · Q48231
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2026· 13 entries
NewVision.co.ug: Special Reports: When Amin withdrew the national boxing team
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NewVision.co.ug: Special Reports: When President Amin visited national boxing
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NewVision.co.ug: Politics: Why Amin, Moses Ali fell out
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The Irish News: Danish journalist challenges Idi Amin to parachute pistol duel after Entebbe raid - On This Day in 1976
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AOL.com: Zohran Mamdani's Father Defended Idi Amin Years After Dictator Expelled His Family From Uganda
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New York Post: Zohran Mamdani learned all the wrong lessons from Idi Amin’s Third Worldism
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Idi Amin | Biography, Facts, & Death
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Public attention spiked: 13,958 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.3× the usual 4,182, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Idi Amin’s grandson does a Zinedine Zidane: Headbutts boxer to get disqualified” (The Indian Express).
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The Indian Express: Idi Amin’s grandson does a Zinedine Zidane: Headbutts boxer to get disqualified
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The Guardian: Idi Amin’s grandson disqualified from Commonwealth Games boxing for head-butt
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Sydney Morning Herald: Idi Amin’s boxer grandson vows to win gold and be ‘the new king of Scotland’
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Yahoo! Sports: Idi Amin’s grandson pledges to become ‘King of Scotland’ at Commonwealth Games
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2025· 2 entries
Yahoo: Idi Amin made himself out to be the ‘liberator’ of an oppressed majority – a demagogic trick that endures today
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That despite his brutality and extravagance, Amin was chiefly an anti-colonial moderniser who resisted the influence of the British Empire
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2022· 1 entry
AP News rated the claim “A photo shows former Ugandan President Idi Amin with England’s Queen Elizabeth II.” False.
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2007· 1 entry
For conspiracy to wound, conspiracy to possess offensive weapons and violent disorder
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2005· 1 entry
Was offered amnesty by Museveni, and in 2006, he was appointed Deputy Director General of the Internal Security Organisation
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2003· 23 entries
Died 2003-08-16.
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“My mission is to lead the country out of a bad situation of corruption, depression and slavery. After I rid the country of these vices, I will then organize and supervise a general election of a genuinely democratic civilian government.”
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“In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.”
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“Brytyjczycy są zazdrośni, bo nie wziąłem za żonę angielskiej kobiety. Chcieliby mieć we mnie szwagra i teścia.”
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“Politics is like boxing — you try to knock out your opponents.”
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“Człowiek nigdy nie będzie szybszy od wystrzelonej kuli.”
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“Opis: na wieść o wypadku samochodowym, w którym jedna z jego żon – Maljamu Kibedi – została ranna (pojazd jednego z ochroniarzy Amina uderzył w jej samochód).”
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“You cannot run faster than a bullet.”
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“Although some people felt Adolf Hitler was bad, he was a great man and a real conqueror whose name would never be forgotten.”
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“Opis: gdy jeden z ministrów finansów nieopatrzenie poinformował prezydenta, że kasa rządowa jest pusta.”
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“Opis: pokazując okaleczony tułów Kay Adroy – jednej ze swoich żon, która najprawdopodobniej zginęła z jego rozkazu; słowa te wypowiedział do swej najmłodszej żony – Sary – oraz synka Kay – Aligi.”
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“Henry Kissinger chyba nie jest zbyt inteligentny. Nigdy nie przyjeżdża do Kampali, żeby konsultować się ze mną w sprawach międzynarodowych.”
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“Jadłem ludzkie mięso. Jest bardziej słone od mięsa lamparta.”
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“Ja sam uważam się za najpotężniejszą postać świata.”
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“Opis: tytuł przyjęty przez Idiego Amina po objęciu stanowiska prezydenta Ugandy.”
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“Opis: kończąc swoją podróż we Włoszech na mediolańskich targach handlowych.”
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“Opis: do Maljamu Kibedi (jednej ze swoich żon), gdy ta leżała w szpitalu po wypadku samochodowym (pojazd jednego z ochroniarzy uderzył w jej samochód).”
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“Opis: w trakcie posiedzenia rządu, na które zaprosił ekipę francuskich dokumentalistów, aby je sfilmowali.”
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“Kierowanie państwem jest jak kierowanie dużą firmą, a w dużej firmie pracuje się za duże pieniądze.”
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“Opis: pismo zastosowane do Elżbiety II.”
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“Opis: do leżącej w łóżku kobiety, kiedy ta chrapała, a on modlił się, gdyż wydawało mu się, że słyszy imama wzywającego do modlitwy; miało to miejsce nazajutrz po pijanej nocy, kiedy służył w Królewskich Strzelcach Afrykańskich.”
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“Opis: po złożeniu pierwszej oficjalnej, a zarazem całkowicie nieoczekiwanej wizyty w Londynie.”
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“Nie mam zbyt wiele czasu. Jestem prezydentem i głównodowodzącym sił zbrojnych. Muszę jeszcze rządzić.”
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1993· 1 entry
By 1993, Amin was living with the last nine of his children and one wife, Mama a Chumaru, the mother of the youngest four of his children.
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1983· 1 entry
In Uganda; according to himself born in 1981 in Saudi Arabia) was involved in a brutal gang murder in Camden, North London, in 2006
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1981· 1 entry
“Opis: wypowiedziane w czerwcu 1981 z budki telefonicznej do redakcji londyńskiego „Guardiana” (prosząc o oddzwonienie, jeśli skończą mu się drobne); w rzeczywistości tajemniczy komendant Nine-Nine nigdy się nie pojawił w Kampali.”
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1979· 3 entries
And ousted Amin from power
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Radio host Don Imus made multiple on-air telephone calls in an attempt to talk to Amin, and later hosted a phony interview with him that was deemed "very dirty"
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East Germany attempted to remove evidence of its involvement with these agencies
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1977· 4 entries
By Little, Brown and Company and written by a British adviser in Uganda using the pseudonym David Gwyn, Amin was born in Buganda with his age given as 48, making his birth year 1928
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And Amin declared that he had defeated the British and added "CBE" to his title, for "Conqueror of the British Empire"
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Several of Amin's ministers defected or fled into exile
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Amin declared that he had defeated the British, and he conferred on himself the decoration of CBE (Conqueror of the British Empire)
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1975· 4 entries
Career landmark: chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity (1975–1976).
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The satirical single "Amazin' Man", from the album, was released on the Transatlantic label
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Emmanuel Bwayo Wakhweya, Amin's finance minister and longest-serving cabinet member at the time, defected to London
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Amin assumed chairmanship of the Organisation of African Unity, an intergovernmental organisation designed to promote solidarity among African states (an annually rotating role)
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1974· 2 entries
Kay Amin died under mysterious circumstances, with her body found dismembered
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Offered to host and mediate negotiations to end the conflict in Northern Ireland, believing that Uganda's position as a former British colony made it apt to do so
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1972· 6 entries
Amin declared what he called an "economic war", a set of policies that included the expropriation of properties owned by Asians and Europeans
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Ugandan–Israeli relations dramatically worsened
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By purging the Uganda Army of Obote supporters, predominantly those from the Acholi and Lango ethnic groups
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Most of whom were of Indian descent, India severed diplomatic relations with Uganda
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“Opis: z telegramu do ONZ wysłanego przez Amina po masakrze członków izraelskiej drużyny olimpijskiej dokonanej przez palestyńskich terrorystów w 1972.”
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Amin expelled Asians, a majority of whom were Indian-Ugandans, leading India to sever diplomatic relations with his regime
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1971· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of Uganda (1971–1979).
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1970· 1 entry
Was promoted to commander of all the armed forces
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1969· 1 entry
After Obote had begun his nationalisation programme
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1967· 2 entries
“s reputation. Jaffar is the tenth of Amin”
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Married Nora, and then married Nalongo Madina in 1972
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1966· 1 entry
The Ugandan Parliament demanded an investigation
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1965· 1 entry
Prime Minister Milton Obote and Amin were implicated in a deal to smuggle ivory and gold into Uganda from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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1964· 1 entry
And, the following year, to Commander of the Army
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1962· 2 entries
Amin was promoted to captain and then to major in 1963
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And Amin remained in the army, rising to the position of deputy army commander in 1964 and being appointed commander two years later
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1959· 1 entry
Amin was made Effendi Class 2 (Warrant Officer), the highest possible rank for a black soldier in the King's African Rifles
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1952· 1 entry
Amin's brigade was deployed against the Mau Mau rebels in Kenya
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1951· 1 entry
While Amin was in a camp at Nanyuki, his platoon commander Peter Garwood tasked him with ridding the camp of sex workers
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1947· 1 entry
And served in the 21st King's African Rifles infantry battalion in Gilgil, Kenya Colony until 1949
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1946· 2 entries
Joined the King's African Rifles, part of the British Colonial Army, as a cook
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As an assistant cook, while at the same time receiving military training until 1947
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1945· 1 entry
Moved to the Kiyindi Parish in Bwaise Parish and worked different odd jobs, including a stint as a doorman and concierge assistant at the Grand Imperial Hotel in Kampala
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1944· 1 entry
In the rural farming town of Mawale Parish, Luweero District, in north-western Uganda
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1940· 1 entry
Amin moved to Bombo and lived with his maternal uncle, Yusuf Tanaboo
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1938· 1 entry
Moved to the home of Sheikh Ahmed Hussein in the nearby town of Semuto and began memorizing the Quran through recitation until he was 12
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1931· 1 entry
Whereafter he worked at the Office of the Resident District Commissioner in Arua District
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1928· 1 entry
Where, according to his family, Amin was born
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1925· 1 entry
Born 1925.
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1921· 1 entry
And given a plot of land in Arua District
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1910· 1 entry
After being conscripted as a bugler by the colonial British army under his uncle, the Kakwa tribal leader, Sultan Ali Kenyi Dada, as a six-year-old child soldier and was given the name Amin Dada
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