Amin Regime Terrorizes Uganda
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History, Terrorism
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Dictatorships, Dictators, Tyrants, Human Rights, Civil Wars, Coups, Violence
- Curriculum: African History
- Geographical Location: Uganda
- Date: January, 1971
Article abstract: The military coup that brought Idi Amin to power in Uganda led to the creation of one of the bloodiest regimes in African history.
Summary of Event
Like many Third World states, Uganda, a former British colony in East Africa, was an arbitrary creation of British economic, strategic, and political interests and late nineteenth century intra-European conflicts and compromises. It incorporated dozens of different linguistic and cultural groups that had previously lived separately, although some of them maintained various types of...
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