On a dusty plain in the northern Province of Wallo last week a round-eyed dark-faced kinky-haired boy of 19 stood on a rug-draped platform of dried mud. To the rattle of war drums Ethiopian chieftains ...
The news that three Italian army columns had crossed Ethiopia’s far northern border reached Addis Ababa last week in a crashing thunderstorm. That night little Emperor Haile Selassie talked long with ...
It was in 1896 that Ethiopian forces led by Emperor Menelik II had defeated an Italian army with better contemporary military technology at the Battle of Adwa. Subsequently, the victorious Emperor had ...
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The historic relationship between Christianity and imperialism naturally causes grave dilemmas for modern believers. But on at least one celebrated occasion, it was actually a great Christian army ...
The Battle of Adwa in 1896 was the bloodiest of all colonial battles in Africa. From 1895 to 1896, Ethiopia — where the small town of Adwa is located — fought against Italian invaders. Italy wanted to ...
ADDIS ABABA, May 20 (Reuters) - Ethiopians vote on Sunday in the first election since a disputed 2005 poll ended violently, with 193 protesters and seven policemen killed in street riots. Sign up here ...
Rastafarians drum and sing during a special prayer and worship meeting at Menengai forest in Kenya. James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The week of July 23, 2023, thousands of ...
Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (Enderase) for Empress Zewditu from 1916. He is widely considered a defining figure ...
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