Exile of Idi Amin Dada
Amin goes first to Libya, departing Uganda in a Bell UH-1 registered 5X-UWG, where sources are divided on whether he remained until December 1979 before finding final asylum in Saudi Arabia
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1979 in Uganda
Explore 6 historical events and records for Uganda in 1979.
Historical records for Uganda in 1979
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Exile of Idi Amin Dada
Flees to Libya when insurgent Ugandan & Tanzanian troops invade the Country. Amin goes first to Libya, departing Uganda in a Bell UH-1 registered 5X-UWG, where sources are divided on whether he remained until December 1979 before finding final asylum in Saudi Arabia
Invasion of Uganda
Insurgent Ugandan & Tanzanian troops invade Uganda
Invasion of Uganda
Amin is forced to flee the capital, Kampala, when the Tanzanian army, aided by Ugandan exiles who had united as the Uganda National Liberation Army, take the city
Secretary of State for Defence
Appointed Minister of Defence
Siege of Kampala
Amin is forced to flee the capital, Kampala, when the Tanzanian army, aided by Ugandan exiles who had united as the Uganda National Liberation Army, take the city
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