Emperor Haile Selassie was then restored to his throne ... As it was after the First World War, there was a feeling of disappointment, and a sense of being let down. In Britain some hotels ...

Lij Iyasu was Emperor Menelik II ... World War when Britain found itself at war with Italy, that Ethiopia’s fortunes changed. In 1941, Allied forces liberated Ethiopia, and Haile Selassie ...

Only 26 African countries had achieved independence when, in February 1961, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie ascended ... Just over two years later, Selassie once again made the climb to welcome ...

Ras Desta’s death was eventually deemed a war crime by the United Nations ... Roosevelt with gifts, including a framed photograph of Haile Selassie and two lion skins (a contemporaneous news ...