Two pastors based in coastal Kenya have appeared in court over the deaths at least 110 of their congregants, many of whom are believed to have starved to death. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, who set up the Good News…[Continue Reading...]
“I am going to the shop, I'll be back soon." Those were the last words Ms Constance Charo said to her Nigerian husband, Mr Abbas Babatunde, as she left their home in Likoni, Mombasa, on April 7. He has been…[Continue Reading...]
Malindi (Kenya) (AFP) – A Kenyan pastor who appeared in court Tuesday will face terrorism charges over the deaths of more than 100 people found buried in what has been dubbed the "Shakahola forest massacre," prosecutors said. The deeply religious…[Continue Reading...]
MOMBASA – Kenyan officials say the number of deaths linked to a cult on the country’s Indian Ocean coast has risen from 103 to 110. Heavy rains stalled the exhumation process for the third day and government pathologists began autopsies.…[Continue Reading...]
President William Ruto has assured Kenyans that a judicial commission of inquiry will be established to investigate the Shakahola cult deaths and help weed out rogue religious leaders from the community. Speaking at Makutano Stadium in West Pokot County during…[Continue Reading...]
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 1 — Chief Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor on Monday said the conclusion of DNA analysis on Shakahola victims may take a month or more to facilitate reburials. The victims are linked to the starvation cult led by…[Continue Reading...]
A second starvation cult has been uncovered in Kenya with 31 people locked up without food. Police said the group were found weak and hungry after starving themselves for almost a week. Among the rescued were 14 adults and 17…[Continue Reading...]
Two years ago, Issa Ali’s mother took all her belongings and left her family to join followers of the charismatic church leader Paul Mackenzie Nthenge in the Shakahola forest in south-east Kenya. “He told them that’s where Jesus’ second coming…[Continue Reading...]
NAIROBI, May 1 (Reuters) - Pathologists started autopsies on Monday on more than 100 bodies linked to a Kenyan religious cult whose leader allegedly instructed them to starve themselves to death in order to be the first to go to…[Continue Reading...]
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