Oscar Mutoka after being conscripted in the Russian Army.[Wellingtone Nyongesa,Standard] Spells of silence amid conversation and a forlorn look on her face leave little doubt that she is living a nightmare. Her husband, killed in a war not of his country, has left her to care for four children, all in the most delicate stages of life. The eldest, James Mutonga, 17, is on the cusp of adulthood, while the youngest, Favour Nyambura, four, still waits for her father to fulfil his promise of a bicycle. In her troubled gaze, one can read the immense burden she bears alone. Unlock…
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A man who left the country less than 40 days ago, following a job promise in Russia, has become the first known fatality on the frontlines of Russia’s war against Ukraine. .fade-out-overlay { position: absolute; top: -80px; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 60px; z-index: 1; background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0), rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)); } .paywall-container { position: relative; max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; padding: 25px; border: 1px solid #e0e0e0; border-radius: 8px; box-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); background-color: #ffffff; } .paywall-header { font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 15px; color: #333333; text-align: center; } .price-highlight {…
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Kateryna Anhelova speaking to an Argeninian journalist at an event in Lviv.[Wellingtone Nyongesa/Standard] Uncover the stories others won’t tell. Subscribe now for exclusive access Unlock the Truth Now 》 Unlimited access to all premium content Uninterrupted ad-free browsing experience Mobile-optimized reading experience Weekly Newsletters MPesa, Airtel Money and Cards accepted Already a subscriber? Log in `; } else { teaserEl.innerHTML = “”; } activeEl.innerHTML = “”; paywallEl.style.display = “block”; } else if (now >= saleStart && now <= saleEnd) { paywallEl.style.display = “none”; var diffToEnd = saleEnd – now; var totalSeconds = Math.floor(diffToEnd / 1000); var days = Math.floor(totalSeconds…
Tamilla Tasheva MP for Crimea, Ukraine National Assembly.[Wellingtone Nyongesa/Standard] As the conference on Crimea begun in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, discussions around Russia’s illegal occupation of the peninsula brought fore reflections on persecutions and colonialism which, despite Moscow’s previous protestations, many observers have maintained accusing it of viciously applying it in occupied territories among them today’s northern Republic of Karelia. During one of the sittings at the offices of the Crimea Platform- a department of The Mission of the President of Ukraine in the autonomous Republic of Crimea, the chairman of the council of Crimean Tatars Refat Chubarov, said that after…
Civilians wearing military uniforms take part in a military training organized by Ukrainian soldiers of The Third Separate Assault Brigade in Kyiv, on November 23, 2024. [AFP] He was about to lose hope when, from a distance, he saw bodies of dead soldiers scattered in tens. .fade-out-overlay { position: absolute; top: -80px; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 60px; z-index: 1; background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0), rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)); } .paywall-container { position: relative; max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; padding: 25px; border: 1px solid #e0e0e0; border-radius: 8px; box-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); background-color: #ffffff; }…
Civilians wearing military uniforms take part in a military training organized by Ukrainian soldiers of The Third Separate Assault Brigade in Kyiv, on November 23, 2024. [AFP] He was about to lose hope when, from a distance, he saw bodies of dead soldiers scattered in tens. .fade-out-overlay { position: absolute; top: -80px; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 60px; z-index: 1; background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0), rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)); } .paywall-container { position: relative; max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; padding: 25px; border: 1px solid #e0e0e0; border-radius: 8px; box-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); background-color: #ffffff; }…
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Georgia’s billionaire and opposition leader Bidzina Ivanishvili owns a private park where baobab trees shipped from Kenya were taken. [File, Standard] The man who is today the object of political aggression in Georgia has an eerie connection with the drama around shipping of Kenya’s baobab trees two years ago to Georgia. The Standard has learned. Our sources in Georgia say Georgian national George Gvasalia a 38-year-old billionaire who bought ten Baobab trees from Kilifi had them transferred to a private park owned by the man oiling Georgia’s ruling party Dream Bidzina Ivanishvili. .fade-out-overlay { position: absolute; top: -80px; left: 0; width:…
Georgia’s billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili owns a private park where baobab trees shipped from Kenya were taken. [File, Standard] The man who is today the object of political aggression in Georgia is a Kremlin-backed oligarch with an eerie connection to drama around shipping of Kenya’s baobab trees two years ago to Georgia. The Standard has learned. Our sources in Georgia say Georgian national George Gvasalia a 38-year-old billionaire who bought ten Baobab trees from Kilifi had them transferred to a private park owned by the man oiling Georgia’s ruling party Dream Bidzina Ivanishvili. .fade-out-overlay { position: absolute; top: -80px; left: 0; width: 100%;…
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin visits the Valaam Monastery on Valaam island in the northern portion of Lake Ladoga, on August 1, 2025. [AFP] The United Kingdom’s recent sanctions against Russian individuals running affairs in Europe and African countries that it considers spies have turned out to be a blow to Vladimir Putin’s information manipulation strategy on the African continent. The mid-July sanctions by the UK against ‘spies running a campaign to destabilise Europe’ spread to an online news agency, African Initiative, which The Standard reported in July as a…
Rescuers observe before transporting a fragment of Russian cruise missile outside a residential building in Kyiv on August 1, 2025, partially destroyed following a Russian missile strike morning on July 31, 2025, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. [AFP] The latest attack on Ukraine’s Capital – Kyiv, where the number of those killed rose to 31 by early Friday, according to Kyiv Independent, came more than ten days after Russia’s propaganda media released a video revealing large drone factories tucked away in one of the republics of the Federation. On July 20, Russia’s military-controlled Zvezda TV reported what had previously been…
Tetiana reacts as she pays tribute on the birthday day of her son Sergiy Voityshyn, who was killed in 2024 fighting Russian troops in the Donetsk region, at a makeshift memorial for the fallen Ukrainian and foreign fighters on the Independence Square in Kyiv on March 1, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP) When, in May, international human rights bodies addressed Russia’s continued killing of civilians in its war against Ukraine, the entities were unknowingly digging out Moscow’s methods which it employs whenever it has waged war to expand territory. Historians who have…
“Alabuga Start” is a programme aimed at training and employing foreign nationals in Russia. [Courtesy] Russia’s Special Economic Zone (SEZ), described by independent Russian and Western media as an exploitative cheap labour push to staff Russian war factories, has upped its publicity campaign weeks after a damning rights group report. Engaging new methods of generating marketing messages and spreading them through new media, the SEZ programme known as Alabuga Start seemed to put up a fight following the 8 May report by Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime (GIATOC). The GIATOC report corroborated earlier media reports that revealed thousands of…