Climate change affects all living organisms; it has done so in the past and will do so in the future. However, current climate change is exceptional both in terms of the rate of change and the impact ...

The Sidamo lark inhabits a tiny area of grassland in southern Ethiopia The Sidamo lark could soon be the first bird on mainland Africa to die out since modern records began. A survey has found that ...

For most people in the United States, coffee is synonymous with chains like Starbucks, or third wave cafes boasting Panamanian pour overs — not necessarily the continent of Africa. But the place where ...

In Ethiopia's southwestern highlands, considered to be the birthplace of Arabica coffee, a centuries-old drying process has withstood the test of time. Called the dry, or natural, method, the ancient ...

Ethiopia and British charity Oxfam on Thursday accused Starbucks of stopping the Horn of Africa country trademarking its coffee, denying farmers potential income of about $94 million. Oxfam said the U ...

Oxfam, a British charity, said on Tuesday that the US coffee shop giant, which had a turnover of $7.8 billion in the year to October 1, prevented Ethiopia from securing trademark protection for two of ...

Starbucks has been accussed of stopping Ethiopia trademarking two of its coffee bean types, denying farmers potential income of nearly £50 million. The delelopment agency Oxfam says the coffee shop ...