The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) will lift a decade-long moratorium on licensing new commercial banks on July 1, it said on Wednesday. The prohibition was imposed in 2015 against a backdrop of ...

On Sept. 12, 1940, the prehistoric Lascaux cave paintings were discovered by four teenagers who stumbled upon the ancient artwork in France. Rastafari movement Haile Selassie I (Ge'ez: ኃይለ ...

FORMER President Jakaya Kikwete visited Ethiopia’s National Palace—once the official residence of Emperor Haile Selassie—on April 11, 2025, following an invitation from Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr.

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 ...