News - Idi Amin
By George Galloway I FINALLY saw The Last King Of Scotland last week, the award- winning movie starring our very own James McAvoy, my former Hillhead constituent.
Lt. Gen. Dan Shomron, the Israeli paratroop commander who led a 1976 raid to free 103 hostages at Uganda's Entebbe Airport, has died in Israel at age 70.
By Andrew Bushe THE prospect of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin arriving here on his way to gatecrash Commonwealth summit in London caused consternation in June 1977, with troops and extra gardai being drafted in to man all the airports.
By Daniel Howden The Mabira Forest Reserve, on the north shore of Lake Victoria, is home to 300 bird species as well as rare primates, and plays a vital role in the country's eco-system, storing carbon and regulating rainfall.
By Daniel Howden Deputy Conservationists in Uganda are fighting a last-ditch battle to stop the destruction of a forest reserve by a sugar corporation friendly with the government.
