A symbol of continental unity since 1961, Africa Hall in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa has undergone a sweeping ...

Fifty years on, the 1975 Land Proclamation—born of student fervor, rural uprisings, and even tragic clashes—enters its golden jubilee with barely a whisper.

Tafari’s claim to the throne was through his paternal grandmother, Tenagnework Sahle Selassie, who was an aunt of Emperor Menelik II and the daughter of King Sahle Selassie, the Solomonic Amhara ...

Ethiopia’s Africa Hall, a historic symbol of Pan-African unity, has been renovated and modernized after a decade-long ...

I was always impressed with the many titles of Haile Selassie, who was the Emperor of Ethiopia for 45 years starting in 1930. I mean, he ruled! After all, who could withstand the power of a guy ...

Only 26 African countries had achieved independence when, in February 1961, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie ascended a sloping staircase to inaugurate Africa Hall in Addis Ababa, which he gifted ...