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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pedestrians walk on an empty street during a clash between the Sidama youth and a securities after they declared their own region ...

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, ...

HAWASSA, Ethiopia, Dec 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Even before COVID-19 struck, the women stitching clothes at Ethiopia's Hawassa industrial park were among the world's worst-paid garment ...

ADDIS ABABA, July 19 (Reuters) - Four protesters died of gunshot wounds suffered in clashes between Ethiopian security forces and activists seeking a new autonomous region for their Sidama ethnic ...