He was a no-nonsense military officer who helped Ethiopia's Menelik II consolidate power over the southern territories. But Gobena Dache's legacy is not without controversy. Very little is known of ...

Entoto, an ancient area in the northern part of Addis Ababa hosts a number of historical relics of the country. The area carries the Ethiopian history since the late 13th century. It comprises the ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — From the grand palace he had constructed on a hill overlooking this city 130 years ago, Emperor Menelik II plotted the brutal campaigns that would consolidate all of what is ...

Ethiopia's 40-acre Imperial Palace compound that has housed the country's leaders and the troops for over a century has remained shrouded from the public since its establishment in 1887 by Emperor ...

For more than a century, the secretive imperial palace complex has stood over Ethiopia’s capital city of Addis Ababa, closed off to everyone but the country’s leaders and the troops who protected them ...

The skies above Addis Ababa glow with an unusual brilliance, as if poised to shed light on a significant chapter of Black history. One hundred and twenty-eight years ago, Ethiopians from all corners ...

He was a no-nonsense military officer who helped Ethiopia's Menelik II consolidate power over the southern territories. But Gobena Dache's legacy is not without controversy.