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Kenya's political elites switch parties with every election – how this fuels violence

Barely seven months after leaving office, Kenya’s former president Uhuru Kenyatta is battling to keep together the party that won him a second term and a majority in parliament in 2017. His Jubilee Party performed dismally in the 2022 election. Only 25 out of 290 members of parliament, two out…

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Kenyan authorities should have prevented cult deaths, president says

Kenyan government agencies should have been able to prevent the deaths by starvation of more than 200 members of a cult in the country's coastal region, said President William Ruto, adding he took responsibility for the disaster.

Reuters

Six more lions speared to death by Kenyan herders

Six lions have been killed in Kenya – just days after a wild lion, believed to be one of the world’s oldest, was killed in the same national park by herders.

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Herders in Kenya kill 10 lions, including Loonkiito, one of the country's oldest

One of Kenya’s oldest wild lions has been killed by herders and the government has expressed concern as six more lions were speared at another village on Saturday, bringing to 10 the number killed last week alone

The Independent UK

Six lions killed in Kenya in blow to conservation efforts

Six lions have been killed in a national park in southern Kenya, in a blow to conservation efforts and the tourism industry that is a key pillar of the nation's economy.

Reuters

Most east African refugees are hosted close to borders – it's a deliberate war strategy

There are close to 4 million people living in refugee camps across Africa. Of the more than 300 camps, nearly 70% are situated within 30km-50km of an international border. They include some of the largest camps in the continent, such as Kakuma in northern Kenya, Nyarugusu in western Tanzania and…

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Rappers who murdered teen with machete then fled to Kenya jailed

Tariq Monteiro, 23, and Siyad Mohamud, 24, were part of a gang of six who chased down talented footballer and rival gang member Alex Smith and stabbed him to death in 2019

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Kenya cult death toll reaches 200, with more than 600 reported missing

The death toll linked to a doomsday cult in Kenya hit 201 Saturday after police exhumed 22 more bodies, most of them bearing signs of starvation, according to the coast regional commissioner.

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Kenya cult death toll hits 200, with more than 600 reported missing

The death toll linked to a doomsday cult in Kenya has hit 201 after police exhumed 22 more bodies on Saturday

The Independent UK

Kenya starvation cult death toll climbs to 201

Paul Mackenzie was accused of ordering his followers to starve their children and themselves to death.

Al Jazeera

Kenya doomsday cult death toll climbs to 201 - official

Searchers for survivors and victims of a doomsday cult in Kenya's Shakahola forest discovered 22 more bodies on Saturday, according to a regional governmental official.

Reuters

Drill rappers get life for 16-year-old boy’s ‘needless’ street killing near Euston

Two drill rappers who knifed a rival to death in a tit-for-tat north London gang war have been jailed for life.

Evening Standard

Kenya unearths more bodies in search for death cult followers

Kenyan investigators unearthed 29 more bodies on Friday in a continuing search for victims of a doomsday cult in the country's southeast.

Reuters

Leader of Kenyan waste pickers: ‘We are the backbone of recycling’

After a childhood on the dump, John Chweya wants to ensure rights are enshrined in plastic pollution treaty

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What does the end of the COVID emergency mean to you? Here's what Kenyans told us

Our reporter spoke to residents of Kibera, known as Africa's largest urban slum. Many had not yet heard that the World Health Organization ended the state of "emergency." They had strong reactions.

Reuters

Kenya court denies bail for suspected death cult leader

A Kenyan court on Wednesday denied bail for cult leader Paul Mackenzie, who authorities say ordered followers to starve their children and themselves to death, and extended his detention by 30 days.

Daily Mirror

Horrors of Kenyan starvation cult worsen as victims' bodies found to be missing organs

The partial remains of 133 parishioners were discovered in burial pits dotted around the Shakahola Forest in Kilifi, eastern Kenya - but several hundred are still missing with police finding new sites every day

Evening Standard

Inside the ballet school giving girls hope in one of Kenya’s toughest neighbourhoods

Project Elimu in Kenya is a dance school like no other - giving young women a sanctuary from the dangers of the streets and the chance to transform their futures

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Kenya cult deaths: a new era in the battle against religious extremism

More than a hundred people in Kenya – among them children – have been found dead close to a small village in the south-east of the country. Most of the deceased were reportedly followers of pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie. While starvation appears to be the main cause of death, some…

Reuters

More bodies found in search for Kenyan forest death cult followers

Kenyan investigators exhumed 21 more bodies on Tuesday as they resumed a search for followers of a doomsday cult, who the interior minister described as victims of a "highly organised crime".

WEKU

The fantastical art of Wangechi Mutu: from plant people to a 31-foot snake

Mutu, who lives in Nairobi and Brooklyn, is the star of a show at New York's New Museum. Her art takes on viruses, genocide, junk mail (the "sleeping serpent" is full of it), her own hybrid identity.

The Conversation

Children's book revolution: how East African women took on colonialism after independence

As independence from British colonial rule swept across East Africa in the early 1960s and freedom was won in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, parents and teachers worried about what their children were reading.

The Conversation

Ghana’s regions: why creating new territories has caused problems

Ghana split four administrative regions between June 2017 and February 2019 to create six new ones. The process proceeded calmly in some regions, but was so contentious in others that the government had to deploy security forces to prevent clashes. Eventually, all six regions were created. The conflicts were unexpected.…

The Independent UK

Kenyan pastor suspected in cult deaths to remain jailed

A court in Kenya has given police five more days to hold a pastor facing possible terror-related charges in the deaths of more than 100 his congregants

Reuters

Kenya sets up inquiry into cult deaths, leader to remain in prison

Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday appointed a commission of inquiry into the deaths of more than 100 people believed to have starved themselves to death, while a court ordered that their alleged cult leader remain in prison.

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