Oxfam is working with Ethiopian groups to assist people affected by conflict over the last year in northern Ethiopia. Megan Shields/Oxfam Since conflict broke out one year ago, humanitarian needs are ...

U.K.-based charity Oxfam last week accused Seattle-based coffee giant Starbucks of blocking Ethiopian efforts to trademark three types of coffee beans in the U.S. Starbucks denies this, but the ...

Ethiopia and British charity Oxfam on Thursday accused Starbucks <SBUX.O> of stopping the Horn of Africa country trademarking its coffee, denying farmers potential income of about 50 million ...

Starbucks, the icon of U.S. coffee culture, strongly defended Sunday its business practices with poor coffee farmers around the world after it was accused of blocking the U.S. trademark ...

According to reports, Oxfam said that Starbucks asked the National Coffee Association (NCA) to block Ethiopia's bid to trademark two types of coffee bean in the US. The move would have given farmers a ...

Ethiopian officials appealed to international agencies Thursday for $121-million in emergency food aid to alleviate widespread hunger in the drought-stricken nation, reports the Associated Press. A ...

British charity Oxfam has accused Starbucks <SBUX.O> of stopping Ethiopia trademarking two of its coffee bean types, denying farmers potential income of nearly 50 million pounds ($94 million).