Since October 22, 1963, when Alhaji Ado Bayero emerged the 13th Fulani Emir of Kano and the 56th ruler of the Hausa Kingdom, succeeding the late Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa, he has remained one of the ...

The 15th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, has announced the cancellation of his Eid-el-Fitr Durbar celebration, citing security concerns. The Emir made the announcement during a press ...

In August, civil war reached the thin air of this town in the Amhara region, 3,000 metres up in a mountainous landscape once home to Ethiopia’s ancient rulers. Forces from neighbouring Tigray ...

Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia's authoritarian prime minister who guided his impoverished nation closer to prosperity through a steady economic opening, has died. He was 57 years old.

The fog of Ethiopia’s month-long civil war has thickened since it was declared over. Speaking to parliament on November 30th, Abiy claimed that not a single civilian life had been lost during ...

The people, terrain, buildings and rulers of Ethiopia - such as Emperor Menelik, Lej Iyasu and Emperor Haile Selassie - make it a highly photogenic country, as this lavishly ... The book begins with ...

Bayero: 50 years on the throne of Kano. The Nation. July 4, 2013 . ... The first Fulani emir of Kano was Muhammad Suleiman who displaced the last Habe ruler Muhammad Al Walid in 1805.

The former rulers of Ethiopia's Tigray region said on Monday they were back in control of the regional capital Mekelle after nearly eight months of fighting, and the government which ousted them ...

In 2014, when the then Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, died, Sanusi was not the choice of the kingmakers, according to Tanko Yakassai, a leader of the Arewa Consultative Forum.