Idi Amin’s final order on the expulsion of Ugandan Asians was met with condemnation from around the world as the following article in The Times demonstrates:

” ‘Racial’ warning to Uganda

Lagos, Aug 9.–President Idi Amin of Uganda should rescind his decision to expel all Asians with British passports in the interest of the black race, the Nigerian newspaper Renaissance said today.

In a leading article headed ‘Racial or what?’ the newspaper said that the decision was ‘rash and unrealistic’.

‘The message for the world, it would seem, is that Africans are no les racially prejudiced than Europeans’, it went on.

Blantyre. — The independent Malawi Times today said that President Amin’s move would help neither his country’s economy nor its international image.

Lusaka.–The Zambia Daily Mail said in a leading article that the British ‘outcry’ over the issue was ‘uncalled for’. It was the British Government that had encouraged these unfortunate people of Asian origin living in East Africa to take British citizenship.

Delhi.–The independent Times of India said that the Indian Government ‘cannot possibly be insensitive to the fact that General Amin’s unilateral and uncalled for move is a blatant act of racial discrimination’.

Tel Aviv.–The Israel newspaper Maariv said: ‘The ruler with the empty coffers is seeking new friends who would be prepared to pump dollars into his treasury.’

 Source: ” ‘Racial’ warning to Uganda”, The Times, 10 Aug 1972

See below, an ITN report on Idi Amin’s decision to expel Asians from Uganda in August 1972: