Loomis was authorized to present a treaty to Menelik II, the emperor of Ethiopia, then known as Abyssinia. Ellis was not. By the time the ship touched down on the other side of the Atlantic ...

One of them also happens to be the continent’s highest capital city, sitting at around 2,355 metres above sea level. The city ...

To answer this, we must revisit key moments in Ethiopia's modern history. In the late 19th century, under Emperor Menelik II, Ethiopia successfully defended its sovereignty against Italian ...

Menelik II’s daughter became Empress Zewditu ... One of Haile Selassie’s first actions as emperor was to provide Ethiopia ...