IN the heart of Kimbugu ‘A’ village, Katoke Ward, Muleba District, Wilifaston Ishengoma (pictured) stands as a testament to the resilience and determination of local coffee farmers. With his 22-acre ...

"There's so little known about this coffee." Scientists discover potential solution to global crisis impacting the world's coffee supply: 'We're learning every day' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Plus, Gaviña strives to be low waste and helps support small coffee farmers. When whole coffee beans arrive at the Gaviña roasting facility, they’re green. That doesn’t mean they’re ...

Freetown, 06 April, 2025 / 8:40 pm (ACI Africa). The relevance of religious freedom in Sierra Leone is beyond exaggeration, the Executive Director of Caritas Freetown in the West African nation has ...

In Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, a vast landfill choked with smoke from decades of decomposing waste serves as an unlikely marketplace for a devastating drug. Amid the billowing soot and the ...

With just nine months left until the European Union's December 31st deadline, Uganda has so far registered about 812,000 of its estimated 3 million coffee farmers. While this represents only 30% of ...

Zainab Sakoteh sits in the Kingtom landfill in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Thursday, March 13, 2025, a place she frequents to meet the cartel that provide her with Kush. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly) ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — At a vast landfill in Sierra Leone 's capital of Freetown, smoke billows over decades of decomposing waste. Zainab sits there, squinting through the soot.

As the world's coffee faced the risk of extinction, botanists might have found the solution in plant species from the tropical forests of West Africa.