ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Bells tolled and thousands of Ethiopians wailed and applauded Sunday as Haile Selassie, their last emperor, was finally laid to rest 25 years after his mysterious death ...

Ethiopia, with its rich history stretching from the reign of emperors to the tumultuous era of Marxist-Leninist rule and the subsequent authoritarian government led by the Ethiopian People's ...

How did Ethiopia fall into dictatorship and war? The Derg seized power in 1974, overthrowing Emperor Haile Selassie - but ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Ethiopia's late Emperor Haile Selassie went to his final resting place on Sunday in an emotional, visually stunning reburial ceremony a full 25 years after his death.

Haile Selassie was born Tafari Makonnen on 23 July 1892, in Ethiopia. He was the son of Ras Makonnen, a chief adviser to Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia, and the ruler became his mentor, placing ...

A small gold frame on a nearby table held a photograph of a young boy who grew up to become their great-grandfather, Haile Selassie, Ethiopia’s monarch until he was deposed in 1974 and later killed.