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

a bell stands ready for the launch this month of the first securities market in Ethiopia since the last days of emperor Haile Selassie. “This isn’t just a milestone, it marks a new Ethiopia ...

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 ...

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 ...

Addis Ababa plots crusade to reclaim artefacts from the Royal Collection amid hopes that Labour will be more amenable than ...

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.

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 ...

Ethiopia, home to some 130m people, had been the most populous country without an exchange. The rudiments of an earlier stockmarket did not survive the Emperor Haile Selassie’s overthrow in 1974.

Addis Ababa officials to demand return of royal and religious artefacts following Benin Bronzes deal with Nigeria ...