Rome (Agenzia Fides) – An Apostolic Vicariate with an area approximately one third the size of Italy is Awassa, Ethiopia. Fides has asked its Apostolic Vicar, Bishop Giovanni Migliorati, in Rome for ...

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, ...

The Industrial Federation of Textile, Leather, and Garment Workers Trade Union (IFTLGWTU) at Ethiopia’s biggest industrial park, Hawassa, says garment worker job losses have continued since the US ...

This photo taken with a cellphone shows that people selecting fish at a fish market near Hawassa Lake in Hawassa, Ethiopia, on Sept. 14, 2024. Located about 270 kilometers south to Addis Ababa, ...

A worker walks at the Hawassa Industrial Park in Hawassa town, 275 kilometers south of Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, July 13, 2016. (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde) During its fiscal year 2018/19, ...

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 ...

Very early in the morning, along the banks of Lake Hawassa in southern Ethiopia, pelicans swarm an enclosed area with their uniquely majestic poise, some hovering low, others walking beside ...