Exiles Uganda

From her majestic hilltop mansion overlooking Lake Victoria, Meena Madhvani has seen enough of the ups and downs of Ugandan life to justify her speaking with a certain tartness. In her time, she has entertained such luminaries as Indira Gandhi. Idi Amin proposed to her and, it is said, infuriated at being rebuffed, expelled tens of thousands of Uganda's Indian citizens. Rebels advancing on Kampala, the capital, camped in her fields of sugar cane.

From her majestic hilltop mansion overlooking Lake Victoria, Meena Madhvani has seen enough of the ups and downs of Ugandan life to justify her speaking with a certain tartness. In her time, she has entertained such luminaries as Indira Gandhi. Idi Amin proposed to her and, it is said, infuriated at being rebuffed, expelled tens of thousands of Uganda's Indian citizens. Rebels advancing on Kampala, the capital, camped in her fields of sugar cane.

Saudi Arabia has readmitted former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin after he slipped back into Africa for three weeks, Arab diplomats in Jidda said. The burly, 61-year-old Amin returned to Jidda, the diplomatic and financial capital of Saudi Arabia, about a week ago, the diplomats said. Amin fled to Libya after he was ousted from power in Uganda in April, 1979. When Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi rejected him eight months later, he was granted political asylum by Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia has readmitted former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin after he slipped back into Africa for three weeks, Arab diplomats in Jidda said. The burly, 61-year-old Amin returned to Jidda, the diplomatic and financial capital of Saudi Arabia, about a week ago, the diplomats said. Amin fled to Libya after he was ousted from power in Uganda in April, 1979. When Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi rejected him eight months later, he was granted political asylum by Saudi Arabia.

Former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, expelled by Zaire when he tried to enter the country under an assumed name, was forced to return here Friday after Saudi Arabia declared him persona non grata . Amin, who is wanted by the Ugandan government for the murder and torture of 250,000 people during his eight-year rule, was forced to return to Kinshasa aboard a Zairian plane. The 61-year-old deposed ruler was arrested at Kinshasa airport Jan.

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World Travel Watch is a monthly report designed to help you make informed judgments about travel. Because conditions can change overnight, always make your own inquiries before you leave home. In the United States, contact your passport agency office; abroad, check in with the nearest American embassy. Commonwealth of Independent States Due to intense fighting in the capital city of Tbilisi, all travel to the republic of Georgia in the former Soviet Union should be avoided at this time.

The crisis in eastern Zaire and between Zaire and its neighbors poses the greatest challenge yet to the artificial borders that imperial European powers drew at the turn of the century to create the current so-called "nation-states" in Africa. It has taken a Tutsi-trigger to spark an agonizing reappraisal. The longer-term scenario emerging from the crisis may be the gradual redefining of the boundaries between Zaire, Rwanda and Burundi.

Travel to and within Africa is seldom easy. Patience and flexibility are essential in any African itinerary. So, too, is up-to-date information about the political situation in individual countries and any other factors that may affect personal security. As was evident not so long ago, even popular tourist destinations such as Kenya are not immune to occasional problems.

Former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, expelled by Zaire when he tried to enter the country under an assumed name, was forced to return here Friday after Saudi Arabia declared him persona non grata . Amin, who is wanted by the Ugandan government for the murder and torture of 250,000 people during his eight-year rule, was forced to return to Kinshasa aboard a Zairian plane. The 61-year-old deposed ruler was arrested at Kinshasa airport Jan.