The Latest Breaking News from Malindi

Plane crash-lands and bursts into flames in Kenya, killing 3 on the ground

A police official says a light aircraft has crash-landed in Kenya’s coastal Malindi County, killing three people on the ground

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2025

'It is a treasure': Wreck off Kenyan coast may be from Vasco da Gama's final voyage

Researchers think the wreck was part of a flotilla that accompanied the Portuguese explorer's final voyage.

LiveScience · Nov 25, 2024

Takeaways from AP's report updating the cult massacre that claimed hundreds of lives in Kenya

In one of the deadliest cult-related massacres ever, the remains of more than 430 victims have been recovered since police raided Good News International Church in a forest in Kenya

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2024

Inside a Kenyan starvation cult and its tragic end in a forest of death

Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie lived with hundreds of followers in makeshift homes of polythene sheeting and thatch in a remote forest camp that he divided into areas with biblical names like Jerusalem and Judea, relatives of his adherents say.

Reuters · May 4, 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 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

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 · 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 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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 25, 2023

Kenya fears more starvation cult victims

MALINDI, Kenya: 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.

Bangkok Post · Apr 25, 2023