Idi Amin - Idi Amin’s (Jan 1, 1925? – August 16, 2003) tenure as President of Uganda (1971–1979) witnessed much sectarian violence, including the persecution of the Acholi, Lango, Indian and other ethnic groups as well as Hindus and Christians in Uganda. The death toll during Amin's regime will never be accurately known. An estimate from the International Commission of Jurists is that it was not less than 80,000 and more likely around 300,000. On 11 April 1979, Amin was forced to flee the capital, Kampala, when the Tanzanian army, aided by Ugandan exiles who had united as the Uganda National Liberation Army, took the city. Idi Amin died in Saudi Arabia on 16 August 2003, aged 79, and was buried in Jeddah.