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…
The Mountain Journal An alert has been issued after a Mpox has been confirmed in Nakurru as Ministry of Health has hightened survillance. The case was comfirmed at the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital (PGH) in Nakuru by Dr James Waweru, the Medical Superintendent. The case is the fourth in Kenya with Waweru saying the…
A military alliance between Somalia and Egypt is ruffling feathers in the fragile Horn of Africa, upsetting Ethiopia in particular – and there are worries the fallout could become more than a war of words. The tensions ratcheted up this week with the arrival of two Egyptian C-130 military aeroplanes in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, signalling…
The Mountain Journal Former Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal and his business associate Hebson Wachira have been granted Sh10 million bond pending an appeal. They were granted bail by Judge D. Kavedza with a surity of similar amount. The judge certified the appeal application urgent directing the matter be mentioned on October 31 before a presiding…
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…
Kenya confirms the third Mpox case after 89 samples have been submitted to our laboratories, In the analysis 79 tested negative for Mpox as the Ministry of Health announced the third case. Health Director General Patrick Amoth said the latest patient is a 30-year-old woman from Nairobi who recently traveled to Uganda. “ The Ministry…
Israel has agreed to a series of “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza to allow for the vaccination of children against polio, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. The campaign will aim to vaccinate around 640,000 children across the Gaza strip and will begin on Sunday, senior WHO official Rik Peeperkorn said. It will be rolled…
