uganda

Details Idi Amin's calculated reign of terror and brutality in Uganda after this once-loved athlete and soldier first won the hearts of the Ugandan people.

A young girl's dream of attending school in her small Ugandan village is fulfilled after her family is given an income-producing goat.

In alternating voices, friends Asha and Yesofu, one Indian and one African, find their world turned upside-down when Idi Amin decides to expel Asian Indians from Uganda in 1972.

New Yorker staff writer Alexis Okeowo reveals a rich account of everyday people swept up in war and extremism in Africa, and the resources they have used to fight back.

A young girl's dream of attending school in her small Ugandan village is fulfilled after her family is given an income-producing goat. Based on a true story about the work of Project Heifer.

In a reimagined history of Uganda, a member of the Kintu clan unleashes a curse that follows the members of the Kintu family for centuries. Each generation must reconcile their shared curse and understand how important shared traditions are.

A biography of Idi Amin, ruler of Uganda, and an account of his reign of terrorism and brutality which led to an official condemnation of his government by the Commonwealth of Nations.

On June 27, 1976, Air France Flight 139 was hijacked by terrorists to Entebbe Airport in Uganda. In the following days, passengers were singled out and held hostage. A week later, a small band of Israeli commandos raced 2,500 miles from Israel to Entebbe in the middle of the night and in ninety minutes killed all of the hijackers and freed 103 hostages. The terrorists were supported by Ugandan president Idi Amin, and this marked one of the first times the leader of a nation backed terrorist activities. The mission was named Operation Thunderbolt and it has become a legendary antiterrorist tale, and is especially pertinent to what is going on in the world today.

Explores the childhood of Julius Achon in Northern Uganda where he was made a boy soldier, his escape from the Lord's Resistance Army, his career as a top-level middle distance runner, and his charity work in Uganda.