Addis Ababa, Aug 25, 2025 (AFP) - Haile Selassie, Ethiopia's last king: autocrat or moderniser?

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2025-08-25

The legacy of Ethiopia's last emperor Haile Selassie remains contested in his increasingly polarised country half a century after his death: praised as a moderniser by some, others condemn him as an autocrat who ignored a famine. In one of the last known photos of the king -- known as the "negus" in Ethiopia's Amharic language -- the frail and bedraggled emperor is removed by soldiers from his Addis Ababa palace on September 12, 1974, the day the......

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