Emperor Haile Selassie was born on July 23, 1892 as Tafari Makonnen just outside the city of Harrar in Enjersa Goro Province, Ethiopia. His mother was Yeshimbet Ali Abajiffar and his father was Ras ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Bells tolled and thousands of Ethiopians wailed and applauded Sunday as Haile Selassie, their last emperor, was finally laid to rest 25 years after his mysterious death. As ...

Asfa-Wossen Asserate, trans. from the German by Peter Lewis. Univ. of Chicago/Haus, $29.95 (336p) ISBN 978-1-910376-14-0 Offering his perspective as a grandnephew of Haile Selassie (1892–1975), ...

Ethiopian-Americans in Denver and other U.S. cities are demanding that a Swiss wristwatch owned by the late Emperor Haile Selassie be returned to his royal descendants. They have been working with ...

Haile Selassie’s grandson has bought an Ethiopian shield at an auction to return the artefact to its homeland. The object, made of silver and animal hide, was stolen by British forces at the Battle of ...

Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (Enderase) for Empress Zewditu from 1916. He is widely considered a defining figure ...

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 Italian ...

Mengistu Haile Mariam, a former lieutenant-colonel in the Ethiopian army, led a coup that ousted Emperor Haile Selassie from power in 1974. Mengistu took control of the government and served as its ...

Sept. 12 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1609, Henry Hudson discovered what is now known as the Hudson River. In 1940, near Montignac, France, the prehistoric Lascaux cave paintings, believed to ...

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