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How faith turned deadly for Kenyan cult followers who chose starvation as path to salvation

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The reddish soil of the Shakahola forest is still giving up its terrible secrets. Two hours drive from Kenya’s coastal tourist town of Malindi, forensic teams turn off the tarred road into a thicket of thorn bush, entering a crime…[Continue Reading...]

More Than 300 Dead After Kenyan Doomsday Cult Leader Asked Followers to Starve to ‘Meet Jesus.’ Here’s What We Know

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The death toll linked to a Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers to starve themselves to “meet Jesus” has reached at least 318 people as of this week, after investigators exhumed more bodies from mass graves in Shakahola…[Continue Reading...]

2 lawyers ditch Mackenzie, cult associates citing access frustrations

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NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 14 — Two lawyers representing the embattled televangelist Paul Mackenzie who stands accused of running the Shakahola starvation cult have dropped the ongoing case against the preacher. Lawyer George Kariuki and Elisha Komora who were also representing…[Continue Reading...]

Uganda: How missing cult members fearing doomsday were duped to go Ethiopia to meet Jesus

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Authorities in Ethiopia have repatriated 80 Ugandans who were conned out of their money with the promise of meeting Jesus. The leader of the team, Pastor Simon Opolot, was on the joint security team's wanted list for duping believers from…[Continue Reading...]

19 new bodies recovered in Kenya doomsday cult, pushing death toll past 300

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The death toll in an investigation linked to a Kenyan cult that practiced starvation to "meet Jesus Christ" has surpassed 300 after 19 new bodies were found Tuesday, a senior official said. Police believe most of the bodies found in a…[Continue Reading...]

Kenya doomsday cult deaths’ site to be turned into national memorial: Minister

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Kenyan authorities will be converting the coastal forest where bodies of more than 250 people linked to a doomsday Christian cult were killed and buried, into a national memorial, according to Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki. Kindiki said the forest "where grave crimes…[Continue Reading...]

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