The Mountain Journal Kenya will observe three days of national mourning following the death of 17 primary school children at Hillside Academy Endarasha in Nyeri County. President William Ruto said the children who tragically perished were between the ages of 9 and 13, in Grades 4 to 8, too young to have been met the…
French President Emmanuel Macron has named Michel Barnier as prime minister almost two months after France’s snap elections ended in political deadlock. Mr Barnier, 73, is the EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator and led talks with the UK government between 2016 and 2019. A veteran of the right-wing Republicans (LR) party, he has had a…
Beijing — African leaders descend on China’s capital this week, seeking funds for big-ticket infrastructure projects as they eye mounting great power competition over resources and influence on the continent. China has expanded ties with African nations in the past decade, furnishing them with billions in loans that have helped build infrastructure but also sometimes…
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…
Sofia Ferreira Santos/BBC News Mongolian officials “have the obligation” to arrest Vladimir Putin if he visits the country next week, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has said. The trip, expected to happen on Tuesday, will be the first time the Russian leader has visited an ICC member nation since the court ordered his arrest in…
By Mallory Moench BBC News The Māori king in New Zealand – Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII – has died peacefully at age 69, surrounded by his wife and three children. The Kiingitanga, or Māori king movement, announced the news on social media on Friday morning local time (Thursday evening GMT). Spokesman Rahui Papa…
Russia has targeted Ukraine with another wave of strikes, a day after one of its biggest air attacks of the war. Air raid alerts were issued early on Tuesday, as Ukrainian monitors detected Russian aircraft launching hypersonic missiles. Mass drone attacks have also been reported. Ukraine’s air defence forces say the whole country is under…
Decades ago Makeji area in Murang’a was associated with violent crime, where sneaking to the Delmonte pineapple plantation was the order of the day among the youth. The trend made the section dangerous, as criminal gangs attacked motorists plying the Nyeri-Nairobi highway. Today, the construction of affordable houses is the darling of the youth as…
The Mountain Journal Farmers Party chairman Irungu Nyakera made a familiarisation tour of the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) days after he was appointed by President William Ruto. During the tour, he was met by KICC Chief Executive Officer Mr James Mwaura who they discussed the the strategy of KICC to promote Kenya’s conference tourism…
Karibu Connect is an authorised reseller of Starlink in Kenya, providing satellite broadband internet, especially in remote areas where traditional internet services are unavailable. How does Starlink work, and why is it significant?Starlink, powered by SpaceX, uses a network of satellites in low Earth orbit to deliver high-speed internet with low latency, making it ideal…
