President of Uganda Idi Amin Dada tests the firmness of his bed in July 1975 in Kampala as an unidentified woman looks on.

His reign of terror lasted from 1971 when he seized power from Milton Obote, to 13 April 1979, when Tanzanian troops and exiled Ugandans stormed Kampala and removed him from power. The self-styled field marshal settled then in exile in Saudi Arabia.

Throughout his presidency there were continual reports of widespread atrocities. The former despot said in February 1999 in his luxury home in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah that he is at peace with himself and that his only passion now is Islam and Allah.