HAWASSA, Ethiopia — Five years ago this spring, Rana Plaza, an eight-story building in Bangladesh that housed several factories making clothing for Western brands, collapsed on top of its workers.

Ethiopian textile company Awassa Textile is set to expand thanks to a 168 million Ethiopian birr ($8 million) loan agreement with the Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE). The company makes bed sheets, ...

Municipal officials in Awassa town, the seat of Southern regional state 276Km south of Addis Abeba, have decided to fix prices on consumer goods and are determined to enforce it. A meeting was called ...

Thousands of workers at the Hawassa Industrial Park in Ethiopia, the country’s flagship textile and apparel production base, are reported to be on strike as part of wider unrest across the city.

Recent road building work has made the 260 km road from Addis to Awassa an easy trip. The road is paved with very few potholes, it is often straight, it has little traffic as you head further south, ...

I traveled from Addis Ababa to Southern Ethiopia, where I experienced the authentic hospitality and culture of the region.

Workers are seen at a construction site in Hawassa, Ethiopia, Feb. 3, 2016. The Hawassa Industrial Park is being built by China Civil Engineering Corporation (CCECC) with a focus on garment ...