The Latest Breaking News from Kenya

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 · Apr 27, 2023

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 · Apr 27, 2023

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 · Apr 27, 2023

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 · Apr 26, 2023

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.

Reuters · Apr 26, 2023

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 · Apr 25, 2023

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

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2023

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

Daily Mirror · Apr 25, 2023

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.

The New Daily · Apr 25, 2023

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.

Al Jazeera · Apr 25, 2023