Medal Italian colonial soldiers stole from Prince Damtew resurfaces at auction 87 years after the war hero was executed.

Throughout its history, Ethiopia has experienced famine ... openly resisted the regime of the country’s last emperor, Haile Selassie. Uprisings in the northeastern region of Wollo were ...

Only a few of the Lords had reservations about Ethiopia’s new freedom. Though Anthony Eden had assured the House of Commons that Haile Selassie had promised to abolish slavery just as soon as ...

The solid gold medal is referred to as the “Imperial Order of the Star of Ethiopia” and is touted for having once belonged to Emperor Haile Selassie’s fabled son-in-law, a noble executed by ...

By the end of the 1970s, Haile Selassie’s policies had left Ethiopia with an extremely underdeveloped economy. It had the lowest GNP per capita in Africa and a life expectancy of just 30 years.

This photo taken on Feb. 13, 2025 shows the buildings of the African Union (AU) Headquarters in Addis Ababa, capital of ...

Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie Haile-Selassie, his grandson ... Collection along with Tewodros II’s gold filigree slippers. Ethiopia’s position is that all such artefacts should be returned.

Ethiopia is often regarded as the oldest country in Africa, with a history that stretches back at least 160,000 years, if not ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. In the mid-1920s, the powerful warlords of Ethiopia were coming to the realisation that a ...