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Kenya cult deaths: a new era in the battle against religious extremism

More than a hundred people in Kenya – among them children – have been found dead close to a small village in the south-east of the country. Most of the deceased were reportedly followers of pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie. While starvation appears to be the main cause of death, some…

The Conversation · May 9, 2023

More bodies found in search for Kenyan forest death cult followers

Kenyan investigators exhumed 21 more bodies on Tuesday as they resumed a search for followers of a doomsday cult, who the interior minister described as victims of a "highly organised crime".

Reuters · May 9, 2023

Kenyan pastor suspected in cult deaths to remain jailed

A court in Kenya has given police five more days to hold a pastor facing possible terror-related charges in the deaths of more than 100 his congregants

The Independent UK · May 5, 2023

Kenyan cult leader accused of inciting children to starve to death

Paul Nthenge Mackenzie faces charges of terrorism, murder, kidnapping and cruelty towards children

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2023

Kenyan pastors appear in court over deaths of parishioners

Two pastors based in coastal Kenya have appeared in court over the deaths of more than 100 of their congregants

The Independent UK · May 2, 2023

Kenyan pastors face court over starvation cult massacre

MALINDI, Kenya: Two pastors are due to appear on Tuesday before Kenyan courts suspected of being behind the deaths of at least 109 people found buried in what has been dubbed the "Shakahola forest massacre".

Bangkok Post · May 2, 2023

Children account for majority of Kenyan cult deaths - interior minister

Children account for most of the 109 bodies so far recovered in mass graves linked to a cult in Kenya, the interior minister said on Friday, the latest details in a case that has shocked the country and prompted calls for tighter regulation of religious fringe groups.

Reuters · Apr 28, 2023

Another Kenyan pastor arrested over 'mass killings' as death toll passes 100 in Christian cult

A Kenyan televangelist is arrested after reports of the "mass killing of his followers", the interior minister says, as authorities investigate scores of other deaths linked to a religious cult from the same region.

ABC News · Apr 27, 2023

Another Kenyan pastor arrested over deaths of followers

Police in Kenya have arrested another popular pastor and closed his church on the Indian Ocean coast as the number of deaths linked to a cult in the area rose to 103

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2023