Two children in north-western Nigeria have died after the building they were in collapsed, adding to the dozens who have lost their lives during weeks of severe flooding, the country’s disaster agency said. The National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) reported that the children died in Katsina, one of the seven north-western states hit particularly hard…
Rescuers in the Russian far-east have found no survivors in the wreckage of a helicopter that disappeared while carrying 22 people – most of them tourists. The aircraft went missing on Saturday after taking off from a base near the Vachkazhets volcano in the Kamchatka peninsula. Officials said on Sunday that 17 bodies had been…
The Mountain Journal Three branches of a leading supermarket with branches in Nyeri and Nanyuki reopen this week following the destruction associated with anti government protests in June this year. In Nyeri town, the branch will be reopened on Monday with customers invited for a brief pre launch event. In Nanyuki town the two branches…
By Francis Kamande a coffee auction expert Farmers across the coffee belt are seeking the registration of new players to provide Direct Settlement System (DSS) to satisfy the expanding coffee sector in Kenya. With the increased clamour for recruitment of a second player as an alternative to the Cooperative Bank of Kenya, the farmers say…
