An iconic figure in African history, Haile Selassie is remembered as a powerful and progressive politician who modernized Ethiopia. His policies earned him much reverence and the attention of Black ...

The continent’s family firms are often reluctant to open their books to scrutiny. As a familiar joke goes, the biggest listed ...

Emperor Haile Selassie pictured with the Mayor of Bath William Gallop in 1954 Objects belonging to the former Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, who lived for some years in Bath, are set to go on ...

It was good to cast into golden chains the Ethiopian who would otherwise have been Emperor instead of Haile Selassie, for this individual had strayed into the Mohammedan faith. Had the late Lij ...

Two blue plaques have been unveiled in Somerset to honour Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie's life in Bath and visits to Weston-super-Mare. The emperor lived in Fairfield House in Bath from 1936 to ...

On the newly minted trading floor of a high-rise building in Addis Ababa’s financial district, a bell stands ready for the launch this month of the first securities market in Ethiopia since the last ...

Ethiopia's athletics maestro, Haile Gebrselassie, can be compared to the late John F Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States of America. He's innovative, astute and blessed with a popular ...

At one time during the 1964 Jamhuri Day celebrations, Mzee Kenyatta invited Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie due to their close friendship. Upon his arrival, Haile Selassie gifted Kenyatta a white ...