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Kenyan pastor suspected of links to forest massacre
AFP, Published on 28/04/2023
» NAIROBI: A high-profile Kenyan pastor appeared in court on Friday suspected of links to the discovery of dozens of bodies in mass graves that has been dubbed the "Shakahola forest massacre".
Former Kenya cult member digs for victims' bodies
AFP, Published on 28/04/2023
» MALINDI, Kenya: His forehead beaded with sweat, Titus Katana has been digging for days to find the remains of victims of a Kenyan starvation cult that once counted him as a follower.
Another Kenyan pastor accused in mass deaths of followers
AFP, Published on 27/04/2023
» NAIROBI - Kenya said on Thursday that one of the country's highest-profile pastors would face charges over the "mass killing" of his followers, just days after the discovery of dozens of bodies in mass graves linked to another church.
Families devastated by Kenya cult horror
AFP, Published on 26/04/2023
» 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.
'Be a real man': Russian army launches recruitment drive
AFP, Published on 26/04/2023
» MOSCOW - A slick new video that has gone viral on Russian social media platforms shows a taxi driver, a security guard and a fitness coach at work.
Kenya cult leader accused of preaching starvation as salvation
AFP, Published on 24/04/2023
» NAIROBI - A taxi driver turned pastor, who allegedly preached that starvation brought salvation, Paul Mackenzie Nthenge was under scrutiny years before 73 of his presumed followers were found dead in Kenya.
One dead in Kenya as fresh opposition protests turn violent
AFP, Published on 28/03/2023
» NAIROBI - A young man was shot dead in Kenya on Monday, a hospital said, as anti-government protests turned increasingly violent, with police firing tear gas at opposition leader Raila Odinga's convoy and his supporters, and looters going on the rampage.
Two killed, eight wounded in eastern Ukraine: mayor
AFP, Published on 19/03/2023
» KRAMATORSK (UKRAINE) - Russian strikes killed two people and wounded eight in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Saturday, the mayor said, accusing Moscow of having used cluster bombs in the attack.
Tunisia opposition calls for unity after tepid election turnout
AFP, Published on 30/01/2023
» TUNIS - Tunisia's main opposition coalition urged a united front against President Kais Saied after just 11.3 percent of Tunisians voted Sunday in a second-round poll for a toothless parliament in the politically divided nation.
French energy giant offers pay talks to end fuel strike
AFP, Published on 10/10/2022
» PARIS - France's TotalEnergies said Sunday it would advance annual pay talks with unions if they dropped a blockade of fuel depots and refineries that has slashed petrol supplies across the country.