Uganda holds first ever commemoration service for murdered chief justice
Kampala, Uganda Ugandans have held the first ever commemoration service for former Chief Justice Benedicto Kiwanuka who was kidnapped and killed by Dictator Idi Amin in 1972. The commemoration service held on Thursday at Lubaga Cathedral in Kampala was one of the activities conducted in the week to commemorate the life of a man considered […]
Ugandan Christians honour Archbishop killed by dictator
Mucwini, UgandaReligion Unplugged Thousands of Christians gathered in northern Uganda on Sunday to commemorate the death of Archbishop Janani Luwum, who was killed in 1977 for speaking out against Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. At the service in Mucwini, the late clergyman’s home village, outgoing Archbishop of the Church of Uganda Stanley Ntagali implored Christians to […]
Ugandan pilgrimage to honour murdered archbishop as a martyr for freedom
Kampala, UgandaReligion Unplugged The Church of Uganda has introduced an annual pilgrimage for the late Archbishop Janani Luwum, who was murdered by the late Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada for protesting his government’s brutal suppression of dissent with arbitrary killings and kidnappings. According to the church, Christians from different denominations plan to participate in the […]
ESSAY: THOUSANDS OF RECENTLY DISCOVERED PHOTOGRAPHS DOCUMENT LIFE IN UGANDA DURING IDI AMIN’S REIGN
In an article first published on The Conversation, DEREK R PETERSON and RICHARD VOKES look at what thousands of recently discovered photographs taken during Idi Amin’s rule of Uganda reveal about life under his regime…
Martyred Anglican archbishop remembered in Uganda this week
An Anglican archbishop believed to have been murdered on the orders of former dictator Idi Amin was remembered in services marking the 40th anniversary of his death in Uganda this week. Archbishop Janani Luwum, at the time archbishop of the Anglican Church of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Boga Zaire, had been a leading voice protesting […]
AMIN AND ME: HOW THE UGANDAN DICTATOR GAVE DAN WOODING A PASSION FOR THE PERSECUTED CHURCH
DAN WOODING, founder of Assist News Service, tells of how spending time in Uganda in the aftermath of the terrible rule of Idi Amin changed his life…