In 1961, Nakuru hosted Nile Rugby Club from Jinja, Uganda, in an Enterprise Cup semi-final that still lives in folklore.

In 1978-79 the President of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere, lent his ‘walking stick’; the Tanzania Peoples Defence Forces (TPDF) to ...

IMMEDIATELY after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in July 1974, the authorities in Ankara received a diplomatic cable from His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin ...

Will Trump’s denouement mirror the type of deadly turbulence that unseated Uganda’s General Idi Amin? Or before it’s too late ...

The relationship between Mwalimu Julius Nyerere and Daniel arap Moi had deteriorated so badly in the late 1970s during the ...

Obote did not want to leave home because he was aware that General Idi Amin was plotting to get rid of him. Says Ramphal: "They (Uganda's problems) had become so acute by the end of 1970 that Obote ...

In the time and reign of Idi Amin in Uganda (1971 – 1979), the challenges to Bishop Festo Kivengere (AE East African Team Leader and Co- Leader with Michael of AE) and the churches other Bishops were ...

Idi Amin, the ruthless former dictator of Uganda, has been buried during a small funeral ceremony, in Saudi Arabia, just hours after his death. Amin, who was responsible for the deaths of hundreds ...

In February 1979 as the war advanced northwards on Ugandan soil, the country started experiencing power blackouts. Rumours attributed this to sabotage by Ugandan guerrillas working with Tanzanians to ...

The reels "never saw the light of day" after the family had to flee their home under Idi Amin's rule. Tearful, the siblings told how their parents had since died, and how they hoped to see them again ...