The former dictator of Uganda is near death in a Saudi hospital.
Amin is on a respirator in and is not expected to last the night.

Idi Amin was president from 1971 to 1979 and is responsible for the deaths of over 200 thousand people.

He was sent into exile in Libya, then Iraq, and wound up in Saudi Arabia under the ‘condition’ he stay out of politics.

While Amin will go down as one of the bloodiest leaders ever in Africa, things are worsening in the Liberian capital of Monrovia. There are reports that rebel commanders have lost contact with their followers who have opened up a second front in the capital dispite a cease-fire call.
There are reports civilian deaths are mounting. 500 people have died this month, and thousands of refugees are in flight.
Nigeria is sending out a small number of troops in preparation for peace keeping intervention.