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Another Kenyan pastor accused in mass deaths of followers

Nairobi (AFP) - Kenya said on Thursday that one of the country's highest-profile pastors would face charges over the "mass killing" of his followers, just days after the discovery of dozens of bodies in mass graves linked to another church.

AFP

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda launch joint bid to host African Cup of Nations

Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda have launched a joint bid for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, which would bring the continental showpiece to East Africa for the first time.

Radio France Internationale

Global climate change driving drought in Horn of Africa

A report released Thursday shows that the devastating series of droughts that has struck the Horn of Africa since late 2020 would not have occurred without global warming.

Radio France Internationale

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Sentence of Kenyan man convicted of role in Briton’s murder is quashed

David Tebbutt’s widow ‘delighted’ as court rules conviction of Ali Kololo for robbery with violence was unsafe

The Guardian - UK

Peace in the DRC: East Africa has deployed troops to combat M23 rebels – who's who in the regional force

The East Africa Community (EAC) has completed the deployment of its regional force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to oversee the withdrawal of the rebel group, M23, from the eastern part of the country.

The Conversation

Second Kenyan pastor arrested over alleged 'mass killings', says minister

The head of a church in eastern Kenya has been arrested in relation to "mass killings" and 100 of his followers have been evacuated from church premises, Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki said on Thursday.

Reuters

Kenya cult toll climbs to 98 as families await news of missing

Malindi (Kenya) (AFP) - The number of victims linked to a suspected starvation cult in Kenya climbed to 98 on Wednesday as weeping relatives anxiously awaited news of loved ones after investigators unearthed mass graves last week.

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Sudanese rush to borders to evacuate amid ongoing chaos

In tonight's edition: There is hope for Nigerians who have been stuck in limbo amid Sudan's fighting. Dozens of buses are sent to take nationals to Egypt. Also, the death toll from Kenya's starvation cult rises to 95. The pastor who encouraged his followers to fast to find salvation is…

France 24

Kenyan father searches for wife and six children among dead cult members

Stephen Mwiti was too distraught to go identify the bodies of his wife and six children among the corpses of dozens of cult members recovered from Shakahola forest and brought to a mortuary in Kenya's coastal town of Malindi on Wednesday.

Reuters

Kenya cult death toll rises to 95 as government sets curfew

The latest death toll in Kenya’s cult investigation has risen to 95 as the government announced a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the ranch owned by a pastor who is accused of ordering his followers to fast to death

The Independent UK

Kenya cult toll climbs to 95 as families await news of missing

Malindi (Kenya) (AFP) - The number of victims linked to a suspected starvation cult in Kenya climbed to 95 on Wednesday, a government official said, with weeping relatives anxiously awaiting news of loved ones after investigators unearthed mass graves last week.

AFP

Families devastated by Kenya cult horror

MALINDI Kenya: Outside a morgue, Bethy Kahindi wailed for her missing sister, certain she was the victim of a Kenyan cult believed to have brainwashed dozens of followers into starving to death.

Bangkok Post

Desperate search for missing families in Kenya cult horror

Malindi (Kenya) (AFP) - Outside a morgue, Bethy Kahindi wailed for her missing sister, certain she was the victim of a Kenyan cult believed to have brainwashed dozens of followers into starving to death.

AFP

Kenyan cult leader told followers to starve themselves ahead of world's end, sources say

The leader of a Kenyan cult told his followers the world would end on April 15 and instructed them to starve themselves to be the first to go to heaven, a relative of cult members and hospital staff told Reuters on Wednesday.

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AFP

Kenyans fear for relatives linked to cult as search for bodies resumes

Malindi (Kenya) (AFP) - Weeping relatives on Wednesday awaited news of loved ones linked to a suspected starvation cult in Kenya as police resumed the search for victims after unearthing dozens of bodies since last week.

AFP

'Abusing scripture': The rise of Kenya's Christian cults

Nairobi (AFP) - "Jesus told me that the work he gave me had come to an end," said Kenyan self-styled pastor Paul Mackenzie Nthenge, explaining his 2019 decision to close the Good News International Church.

The Independent UK

Kenya case sparks memories of worst cult-related mass deaths

At least 90 bodies have been found at the ranch of a Kenyan pastor who is accused of telling his followers to starve themselves to death to meet Jesus

The Independent UK

Kenya cult deaths hits 90 as authorities expand operation

The death toll at a ranch in coastal Kenya that is owned by a pastor who is accused of leading a cult and ordering his followers to starve themselves reached 90

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Kenya starvation cult 'massacre' toll hits 90 as search paused

SHAKAHOLA (Kenya) (AFP) - The death toll from a suspected Kenyan starvation cult climbed to 90 on Tuesday, including many children, as police said investigators were pausing the search for bodies because the morgues were full.

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Kenya starvation cult 'massacre' toll climbs to 89

Malindi (Kenya) (AFP) - Kenyan investigators unearthed another 16 bodies on Tuesday in a forest where a cult was believed to be practising mass starvation, bringing the number of victims so far to 89 including children.

Daily Mirror

Air hostess and her son, 9, found in shallow grave with 71 other bodies

Beatrice Ajenta Charles quit her air hostess job, sold property and abandoned her family to join pastor Paul Mackenzie Nthenge's cult in the forest of Kilifi, east Kenya

The New Daily

Starvation cult death toll in eastern Kenya rises to 89

The death toll among followers of a Kenyan cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves has now risen to 89.

Al Jazeera

Why did 73 Kenyan cult members starve to death?

Paul Mackenzie, the cult’s leader, has been arrested twice previously after the deaths of children due to starvation.

AFP

Kenya starvation cult toll climbs to 83 as more bodies found

Malindi (Kenya) (AFP) - Kenyan investigators on Tuesday exhumed 10 more bodies from mass graves linked to a starvation cult, bringing the total number of victims to 83, an AFP journalist at the scene said, as fears grow of the toll spiking even further.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kenya Fears More Starvation Cult Victims as Search Resumes

Fears were growing in Kenya on Tuesday that there could be more victims of a starvation cult as investigators resumed their searches after finding dozens of corpses in mass graves. Police have spent days scouring the Shakahola forest near the coastal town of Malindi after receiving a tip-off about a…

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