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How to Feed a Dictator review – what was on the menu for some of the world’s most evil men

Andrew Neel’s documentary contrasts the lavish dishes eaten by heads of repressive states – served by largely unrepentant staff – with the starvation faced by their citizens

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6

Ugandan military honours Netanyahu’s brother with Entebbe memorial statue

Uganda’s military has unveiled a monument to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s older brother, who was killed during a hostage rescue operation in the East African country in 1976.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 4

Uganda's military unveils statue of Netanyahu's brother who died in 1976 Entebbe hostage rescue

Uganda’s military has unveiled a monument to Yonatan Netanyahu, the older brother of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

The Independent UK · Aug 3

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Sports quiz of the week: new faces, old friends, fights, fallouts and a curse

Have you been following the big stories in football, boxing, athletics, horse racing, Gaelic games, golf and cycling?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31

Racism claim by Idi Amin’s grandson groundless, says Commonwealth chief

Commonwealth Sport chiefs have dismissed Idi Amin’s grandson’s claims of racism after he was disqualified from the super-heavyweight boxing

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30

Idi Amin's grandson's claims of racism dismissed by Commonwealth Games chief

Commonwealth Games chief Donald Rukare has dismissed claims of racism made by Ugandan boxer Aziz Abdul following his disqualification from his…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 30

Idi Amin’s grandson has racism claim dismissed after Commonwealth Games disqualification

Aziz Abdul was disqualified from his boxing match at the Commonwealth Games following a headbutt

The Independent UK · Jul 30

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Aziz Abdul’s claims of racism dismissed by Commonwealth Games chief

Aziz is the grandson of the country’s late dictator Idi Amin.

The Independent UK · Jul 30

Idi Amin’s grandson disqualified at Commonwealth Games after headbutt and bias claims

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The Independent UK · Jul 30

Idi Amin's grandson rages after DQ, Pergoliti advances

Aziz Abdul, the grandson of Idi Amin, was disqualified for headbutting in his Commonwealth Games boxing quarter-final and the aftermath was just as wild.

AAP · Jul 30

Idi Amin’s grandson disqualified from Commonwealth Games boxing for head-butt

The Commonwealth Games debut of Idi Amin’s grandson ended in disgrace after Aziz Abdul was disqualified for head-butting Damar Thomas in the boxing

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29

Idi Amin’s grandson accuses Commonwealth Games officials of bias after disqualification for headbutt

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The Independent UK · Jul 29

Idi Amin’s grandson disqualified for headbutting opponent at Commonwealth Games

Aziz raged at the officials after the decision and accused them of bias

The Independent UK · Jul 29

Idi Amin’s grandson vying for boxing medal at Commonwealth Games

Aziz Abdul is the grandson of the former Ugandan dictator that killed up to 500,000 people

The Independent UK · Jul 26

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Euronews · Jun 26

Israel declassifies Entebbe raid documents on eve of 50th anniversary

Secret documents reveal Israeli officials privately weighed negotiations before ordering the daring 1976 Uganda hostage rescue operation.

The Independent UK · Jun 26

Israel releases classified documents detailing 1976 Entebbe raid to free more than 100 hostages

Israel has released documents detailing the 1976 Operation Entebbe, a daring raid to rescue more than 100 hostages from an airport in Uganda

The Guardian - US · Jun 9

‘A man of great appetites’: what’s it like to be a dictator’s personal chef?

In an often chilling new documentary, the chefs of brutal leaders from Idi Amin to Saddam Hussein, talk about their unusual lives behind the scenes

Radio France Internationale · Jan 17

Yoweri Museveni: Uganda's ex-revolutionary turned steely political survivor

Yoweri Museveni has been president longer than most Ugandans have been alive, and shows no sign of giving up his place among the world's longest-serving leaders after he won a seventh election on Saturday.

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The Conversation · Jan 13

The making and breaking of Uganda: an interview with scholar Mahmood Mamdani

In his latest book, Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and the Making of the Ugandan State, anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani explains the factors and characters – Idi Amin and Yoweri Museveni – that shaped post-independence Uganda.

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025

Slow Poison by Mahmood Mamdani review – can you really rehabilitate Idi Amin?

The anthropologist and father of New York’s mayor-elect offers a revisionist view of modern Ugandan history

The Guardian - US · Nov 18, 2025

Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’

After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign

The Guardian - US · Nov 9, 2025

How Mamdani is defying immigrant expectations by embracing his identity: ‘His boldness resonates’

New York City mayor-elect refused to ‘be in the shadows’ in the face of Islamophobic attacks during his campaign

The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2025

Zohran Mamdani’s New York election victory inspires hope in Uganda

Zohran Mamdani was briefly raised in Uganda and kept his citizenship even after he became a naturalized U.S citizen in 2018

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2025

Who are Zohran Mamdani’s parents? Award-winning Indian-American director Mira Nair and a political commentator

How his public intellectual parents shaped the new New York mayor’s politics has been a persistent line of inquiry on the campaign trail

Euronews · Oct 29, 2025

Nobel laureate and Trump critic Wole Soyinka says US revoked his visa

The 91-year-old Nobel Literature laureate says he's received a letter from the US Consulate in Nigeria cancelling his visa. Soyinka has been critical of Donald Trump since his first presidency.

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