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…
The Mountain Journal Head of public service Felix Koskei has named the former Cabinet Secretaries Moses Kuria (Public Service) and Eliud Owalo (ICT) to work in the government. Kuria was appointed as senior advisor in President William Ruto’s Council of Economic Advisors. The former ICT CS, Koskei said has been appointed to serve as the…
More than 700 people in the UK have posted on a pro-suicide website looking for someone to die with, a BBC investigation has found. The site, which we are not naming, has a members-only section where users can look for a suicide partner. We have connected several double suicides to the “partners thread”. Our investigation…
A six-year-old boy who was missing for five days has been found deep in a forest in Vietnam. Dang Tien Lam, who lives in the northwestern Yen Bai province, was playing in a stream with his nine siblings on 17 August when he wandered into the hills and got lost, local reports said. He was…
After missing in action in several occassions Uasin Gishu Deputy Governor John Barorot has resigned. He made the announcement at a meeting with senior county staff at the Eka Hotel in Eldoret in the presence of Governor Dr Jonathan Bii. A Formal announcement is to be made shortly at the Uasin Gishu County headquarters. His…
