When the lamps went out: How the Standard covered the First World War

The Standard newspaper, then a weekly edition, announces the start of the World War 1. [George Mulala]

A hundred and four years today, on the Saturday of August 8, 1914, The East African Standard carried a banner headline in bold, black ink reading, THE WAR.

Under this headline were a series of subheadings, simply stating that Britain was involved in the war, and there was general mobilisation after Germany attacked Russia and France