Editing History of Uganda (section)

== Uganda under Idi Amin (1971–79)==
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[[File:Idi Amin at UN (United Nations, New York) gtfy.00132 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Idi Amin of Uganda]]
After a [[1971 Ugandan coup d'état|military coup on 25 January 1971]], Obote was deposed from power and the dictator [[Idi Amin]] seized control of the country. Amin ruled Uganda with the military for the next eight years<ref name="loc">[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ugtoc.html "A Country Study: Uganda"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627004743/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ugtoc.html |date=2015-06-27 }}, ''[[Library of Congress]] Country Studies''</ref>

In 1972, under the so-called "Africanization" policy under [[Idi Amin]], about 40,000 [[Indians in Uganda|ethnic Indians]] with [[British passport]]s were forced to leave Uganda. Approximately 7,000 were invited to [[immigration to Canada|settle in Canada]]; however, only a limited number accepted the offer, and the [[2006 Canadian Census|2006 census]] reported 3,300 people of Ugandan origin in Canada. The loss of the entrepreneurial [[Indian people|Indian]] minority left the country's economy in ruins.<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/uk-indians-taking-care-of-business/2006/03/07/1141701511987.html "UK Indians taking care of business"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119151852/http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/uk-indians-taking-care-of-business/2006/03/07/1141701511987.html |date=2018-01-19 }}, ''The Age'' (8 March 2006). Retrieved 24 March 2013.</ref>

Amin's eight-year rule produced [[Economy of Uganda|economic growth]].  The [[Acholi people|Acholi]] and [[Langi people|Langi]] [[ethnic group]]s in northern Uganda were particular objects of Amin's political persecution because they had supported Obote and made up a large part of the army.<ref>{{cite news | last=Keatley | first=Patrick |title=Obituary: Idi Amin | url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/aug/18/guardianobituaries |work=The Guardian | date=18 August 2003 | access-date=18 March 2008}}</ref> In 1978, the [[International Commission of Jurists]]    — a statistic cited at the end of the 2006 movie ''[[The Last King of Scotland (film)|The Last King of Scotland]]'', which chronicled part of Amin's [[dictatorship]]. Amin's atrocities were graphically recounted in the 1977 book, ''A State of Blood,'' written by one of his former ministers after he fled the country, [[Henry Kyemba]].

Amin's rule ended after the [[Uganda-Tanzania War]] in which Tanzanian forces aided by Ugandan exiles invaded Uganda. The conflict started with a border altercation involving Ugandan exiles who had a camp close to the Ugandan border near Mutukula. This resulted in an attack by the Ugandan Army into Tanzania. In October 1978, the [[Tanzanian Armed Forces]] repulsed this incursion and, backed by Ugandan exiles, invaded Uganda. Amin's troops were assisted by [[Libyan soldier]]s. On 11 April 1979, the capital [[Kampala]] was captured and Amin fled with his remaining forces to Libya.