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A religious community retreated into the forests of eastern Kenya. Then they turned into a starvation cult

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The man who walked into Langobaya Police Station had such a horrific story to tell, it seemed almost unbelievable. He told officers that he was gravely worried for his young nephews, who were living in the forest with their parents…[Continue Reading...]

Pastor Mackenzie’s Kenyan cult: The mother who fled Shakahola forest to save her children

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Salema Masha speaks softly, but her slender frame is animated by an inner strength that saved the lives of her five children. One day in March she walked them out of a remote wilderness where followers of a Kenyan televangelist…[Continue Reading...]

Toll in Kenya Church-cult deaths rises to 226

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The death toll in a probe into a Kenyan cult suspected of urging followers to starve themselves to death rose to 226 on Wednesday after 15 more bodies were found, the authorities said. Investigators are poring over the forest hideout…[Continue Reading...]

Unease as kin denied access to Shakahola ‘cult’ rescuees 

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The government has been accused of denying friends and relatives access to persons rescued from the Shakahola forest. Some of the families affected by the deaths of more than 210 people and the disappearance of at least 610 people have…[Continue Reading...]

Children forced to starve in hot sun as part of doomsday cult mass suicide: reports

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A Christian doomsday cult in Kenya targeted children to die first in its final days, starving them to death before the adults followed through with the same plan. Police are investigating what appeared to be a mass suicide in the…[Continue Reading...]

He Told Followers to Starve to Meet Jesus. Why Did So Many Do It?

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SHAKAHOLA, Kenya — Delirious from hunger, a believer who had brought his family to live with a Christian doomsday cult in a remote wilderness in southeastern Kenya sent a distraught text to his younger sister this month. While he begged…[Continue Reading...]

Kenya unearths more bodies in search for death cult followers

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SHAKAHOLA FOREST, Kenya, May 12 (Reuters) - Kenyan investigators unearthed 29 more bodies on Friday in a continuing search for victims of a doomsday cult in the country's southeast. The death toll now stands at 179. Authorities this week have…[Continue Reading...]

Were Shakahola cult leaders’ wives involved in illegal activities?

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Rhoda Maweu is the third wife of cult leader Paul Makenzie who is accused of urging followers to starve to death to meet Jesus. Mackenzie’s first and second wife died a few years back. According to the detectives, Rhoda Maweu…[Continue Reading...]

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