University of the West of England professor Shawn Naphtali Sobers has been sharing the story of the emperor's exile in England in a new programme for the BBC World Service. The Ethiopian leader ...

Haile Selassie I © Chronicle/Alamy If you’ve considered accidental divinity—mortal men being worshipped as gods—you’ve probably thought it a rare phenomenon ...

Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie Haile-Selassie, the descendent of the last Ethiopian emperor, has bought the shield to prevent it from being lost again to a private owner. The prince will return the ...

1 Kings, 10, v.1-2, Old Testament. Although there is no evidence that the Queen of Sheba did come from Aksum, it has become part of the Ethiopian church's central tenets. "The Ethiopians say she ...

Confusion following the death in 1889 of Ethiopian emperor Yohannes IV then allowed Italy to occupy the highlands along the coast. Getty Images A parade is held each year to mark the Battle of ...

The Emperor Selassie first tried to hide the famine ... Famine had once again taken hold in Ethiopia, this time in the midst of the rule of Mengistu Haile Mariam. Mengistu was the ruthless ...

The Borana traditional king who reigns in Ethiopia has spoken again on the community’s politics in Marsabit County. The Abba Gadha, Guyo Gobba met delegates representing Moyale MP Mohamud Ali ...

The late King of Pop, Michael Jackson, inspired artistes worldwide with his unique dance and stage persona. His chart-busting Thriller album has been hailed as his finest production in terms of ...

Huge carved obelisks and stelas in northern Ethiopia were erected by the kings of the Aksum Empire, who ruled the Horn of Africa and Red Sea region for much of the first millennium A.D. The ...