Ganiyu Bolaji Davies was a cameraman who covered the Nigeria civil war and three former heads of state. He also met the late Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia during one of his trips. Now, despite ...

The Addis Ababa Zoo in Ethiopia is home to the descendants of a collection of lions that belonged to the late emperor Haile Selassie, revered by the Rastafarian movement. Unlike other lions, these big ...

The image of Ethiopia is the face of famine. Hollow cheeks and desolate eyes are symbols of the country’s present catastrophe. But they say nothing about its astonishing past. Today it is hard to ...

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Emperor Haile Selassie last week celebrated a great day in a career that has known many ups & downs. With golden scissors, Ethiopia’s King of Kings, Lion of Judah snipped a ribbon and then drove ...