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The Middle East is located 'at the tricontinental hub of Europe, Asia, and Africa', but there are always differences in the definitions of the Middle East depending on an author or a researcher. Some definitions include all North African countries in the region, whereas others consider only some North African countries, such as Egypt, as a core part of the Middle East. To make the conceptualization of the Middle East easier, the region is usually divided into smaller regions. The division is made not only based on the geography, but also based on the culture. The regions are called the Persian Gulf, the Eastern Mediterranean, and North Africa. The Eastern Mediterranean (also called Mashriq and Levant) includes countries such as Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Turkey, and Egypt. North Africa (also called Maghreb) consists of Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Libya, and Mauritania. The Persian Gulf (also called Arabian Gulf) includes countries such as Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, and Iran. Sometimes, also Afghanistan, Pakistan, central Asia, and the Caucasus are associated with the larger Middle East.

Idi Amin Dada Oumee (/ˈiːdi ɑːˈmiːn/; c. 1925 - 16 August 2003) was a Ugandan military officer who served as the President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin was born in Koboko to a Kakwa father and Lugbara mother. In 1946, he joined the King's African Rifles (KAR) of the British Colonial Army as a cook. In 1971, General Idi Amin overthrew the elected government of Milton Obote and declared himself president of Uganda, launching a ruthless eight-year regime in which an estimated 300,000 civilians were massacred. His expulsion of all asians such as Indian and Pakistani citizens in 1972-along with increasing military expenditures-brought about the country's economic decline, the impact of which lasted decades. In 1979 his reign of terror came to an end as Ugandan exiles and Tanzanians took control of the capital of Kampala, forcing Amin to flee. Never brought to justice for his heinous crimes, Amin lived out the remainder of his life in Libya and then in Saudi Arabia.