In 1904, two Americans boarded the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm II and set off for Africa. One was Kent J. Loomis, brother to the ...

At five am on the 3rd of October 1935 Italian forces crossed into Abyssinia, modern day Ethiopia, signalling the start of the Second Italian-Abyssinian War. Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters ...

Norman Bentwich was invited by Emperor Haille Selassie to draw up a constitution for Ethiopia after the British had defeated the Italians in Abyssinia in 1942. According to Zvi Bentwich ...

Ethiopia may approach the Ministry of Defence for assistance in their campaign to reclaim the treasures plundered by the British Army in 1868.

However, the Ethiopian government is now planning to demand that British regiments return the treasures pillaged by victorious soldiers 170 years ago. The British Expedition to Abyssinia meets ...

Charge and countercharge cracked back & forth last week between Benito Mussolini and Ethiopia’s kinky-haired Emperor Power of Trinity I, as to whose soldiers attacked first at Ualual in eastern ...

Emperor of Abyssinia (modern-day Ethiopia), died by suicide after the British defeated his troops at the battle of Magdala. Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty Artifacts from the emperor's fortress were ...

The story features exotic characters from Abyssinia (modern Ethiopia) and examines the human condition, and our constant fascination with the pursuit of happiness and whether the grass truly is ...

Abyssinia Bank and Chaka Coffee have unveiled Ethiopia’s first café-integrated banking experience, merging modern banking with a coffeehouse setting. The ...

Kabaka Mwanga died in the Seychelles in 1903. The ill-prepared Italian attempt at colonisation of Ethiopia (Abyssinia as it was known then) ended in a resounding defeat for Italy in 1896 at the ...

Menelik II Emperor of Abyssinia 4th October 1891 St George is not only the patron saint of England, but Georgia, and Ethiopia too - where the origins of Christianity can be traced back as far as ...