It was the winter of A.D. 210, and the Roman emperor Septimius Severus lay dying. He had been in Britain since 208, overseeing a series of merciless campaigns into present-day Scotland. Roman armies ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A statue of Ethiopia's last Emperor, Haile Selassie, after its unveiling at the African Union in Addis Ababa, Sunday, Feb. 10, ...

Only 26 African countries had achieved independence when, in February 1961, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie ascended a sloping staircase to inaugurate Africa Hall in Addis Ababa, which he gifted as ...

To find out who the richest person in the world was to have ever lived, you have to go to the 14th century. His wealth was greater than that of Bill Gates, creator of Microsoft, or Jeff Bezos, founder ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Only 26 African countries had achieved independence when, in February 1961, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie ascended a sloping ...

A statue of Ethiopia’s Emperor Haileselassie has been unveiled at the headquarters of the African Union on Feb. 10. The statue is the second to be erected inside the continental body’s offices in ...