Idi amin death cause video
Ugandan president Idi Amin Dada was a violent dictator whose regime was responsible for some of the worst atrocities in his country's..
Idi Amin Dada Oumee was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from until his overthrow in
Amin seized power in a coup |
Amin, who was variously described as 78 or 80 years old, had been in a coma at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah since 18 July.
He was forced from power in Uganda in 1979 by Tanzanian troops and Ugandan exiles, after one of the bloodiest rules in African history.
AMIN: MAIN EVENTS 1971: Amin seizes power in coup 1972: Expels Ugandan Asians 1976: Israel frees hostages in raid on Entebbe 1979: Amin ousted by Tanzanian troops and Ugandan exiles 2003: Dies in Saudi Arabia |
Up to 400,000 people are believed to have been killed under his rule.
Amin's family recently appealed to the Ugandan Government to allow him return home.
But President Yowe