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In 1972, dictator Idi Amin expelled 55,000 South Asian residents from the East African country.
* Idi Amin expelled 55,000 Ugandan Asians in 1972 * Thousands of abandoned properties seized by the state * Fifty years on, graft seen plaguing reclamation bids By Liam Taylor KAMPALA, Dec 2 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Amin Visram remembers the joy of his childhood in Uganda: games of marbles, badminton, the laughter of his friends. And he remembers seeing his breath condensing in the cold air when he and his family landed in Canada as refugees after being thrown out of the country they called home.
Northern Ontario office market 'frozen' as companies wait-and-see on work-from-home A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, many homes in northern Ontario are still doubling as an office. And that means an uncertain future for those in the business of providing a place for companies to do business. Social Sharing