The 1960 Ethiopian coup attempt was a failed coup d'état perpetrated against Emperor Haile Selassie on 13 December 1960 by the Council of the Revolution, a cabal of four conspirators led by brothers ...

The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has announced a temporary traffic disruption at the Haile Selassie roundabout on Uhuru Highway (A8) due to scheduled roadworks. The disruption is part of ...

It is, perhaps, appropriate that a singer who is often accused of being unoriginal caused a media firestorm by levelling familiar criticisms at Bob Geldof’s Band Aid. Ed Sheeran – for it is he – got ...

Find out more about the history of 10 countries across the world that no longer exist, and exactly why they vanished from the ...

The first half of the night will remain cloudy with a chance of rain pushing in from the south. The second half of the night will see clear skies develop, with just the odd patch of cloud. Colder ...

Mengistu was an army captain who helped overthrow Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974 – it is said that he was the one who suffocated the deposed leader with a pillow – and made himself dictator of ...

In 1960, when Cameron was still a baby, there was an attempt to overthrow their Emperor (Haile Selassie) in a coup d’etat led (amongst others) by the commander of the imperial guard. The coup ...

Washington, DC: At the conclusion of the meeting of the CEMAC Heads of State, Mr. Abebe Aemro Selassie, Director of the IMF’s African department, made the following statement: “CEMAC countries and ...