Jean Lafitte’s last rival left Galveston on July 8, 1817, leaving the self-proclaimed “president” of Texas in complete ...

Ethiopian President Taye Atske Selassie bid farewell to the ambassadors of Canada, Sweden, and Saudi Arabia. The president ...

Yohannes Haile-Selassie, seen here excavating an early-human foot bone in the Afar region of Ethiopia, wants more Africans to be trained as research leaders to investigate human origins. Credit ...

The film presents a news report on Ethiopia's response to the fall of the holy city of Axum, highlighting Emperor Haile Selassie's leadership and the religious fervor among his followers. It ...

Lucrezia "Lulù" Hailé Selassié was unable to accept the end of her relationship with Manuel Bortuzzo, the Paralympic swimming champion who, along with the self-proclaimed Ethiopian princess and ...

Haile Selassie was known as a child as Lij Tafari Makonnen. Lij is translated as 'child' and serves to indicate that a youth is of noble blood. His given name Tafari means 'one who is respected or ...

On 12 September 1974, Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie I was quietly deposed by the Armed Forces Coordinating Committee – the Derg – after several months of nationwide demonstrations and strikes.

Eshete Bekele 09/12/2024 Haile Selassie, Ethiopia's former emperor, was dethroned 50 years ago. The king, who befriended leaders in the US, Europe and China, left a mixed legacy in his home country.

Fifty years ago the Marxist-Leninist military junta known as the Derg took control of Ethiopia, toppling Emperor Haile Selassie and ending a monarchy that had governed the country for 700 years ...

Haile Selassie is reported to be the 225th descendant of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, also known as Queen Makeda "He was really popular and he was basically an embarrassment to the British ...

When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes Haile Selassie spent three weeks travelling across India and even attended an international Test match.

Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie flew into Stillwater in 1954 to thank Oklahoma A & M College officials for the school's help in his country's agricultural program.