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Kenyan cult leader faces death sentence over child murders

First reported 2026-11-06 09:19 UTC · Updated 2026-11-09 04:30 UTC · 17 independent sources

[RFI] A self-proclaimed preacher from Kenya was sentenced to 200 years in prison on Friday for murdering 191 people, mostly children, by forcing them to starve to death. Hundreds of bodies have been discovered since 2023 at the cult's base near the beach resort of Malindi, in what became known as…

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  1. 2026-11-06 09:19 UTCAfricanews · africanews.com ↗
  2. 2026-11-06 11:12 UTCClub of Mozambique · clubofmozambique.com ↗
  3. 2026-11-06 11:54 UTCBBC · bbc.co.uk ↗
  4. 2026-11-06 11:55 UTCCapital FM · capitalfm.africa ↗
  5. 2026-11-06 12:03 UTCDW same text as AllAfrica · dw.com ↗
  6. 2026-11-06 12:04 UTCArab News · arabnews.com ↗
  7. 2026-11-06 12:46 UTCArab Times · arabtimesonline.com ↗
  8. 2026-11-06 12:46 UTCAllAfrica · allafrica.com ↗
  9. 2026-11-06 12:48 UTCTimesLIVE via Reuters · timeslive.co.za ↗
  10. 2026-11-06 12:50 UTCSky News · news.sky.com ↗
  11. 2026-11-06 12:50 UTCAl Jazeera · aljazeera.com ↗
  12. 2026-11-06 12:55 UTCSCMP via AP · scmp.com ↗
  13. 2026-11-06 13:01 UTCCBC · cbc.ca ↗
  14. 2026-11-06 13:28 UTCDaily News TZ same text as Al Jazeera · dailynews.co.tz ↗
  15. 2026-11-06 13:53 UTCNYT · nytimes.com ↗
  16. 2026-11-06 14:15 UTCIOL · iol.co.za ↗
  17. 2026-11-06 14:53 UTCNPR via AP · npr.org ↗
  18. 2026-11-06 15:08 UTCGuardian · theguardian.com ↗
  19. 2026-11-06 17:38 UTCMyJoyOnline same text as BBC · myjoyonline.com ↗
  20. 2026-11-06 20:34 UTCCNA same text as IOL · channelnewsasia.com ↗
  21. 2026-11-06 21:23 UTCFrance 24 · france24.com ↗
  22. 2026-11-07 03:00 UTCThe Standard · standardmedia.co.ke ↗
  23. 2026-11-07 11:07 UTCProthom Alo same text as IOL · en.prothomalo.com ↗

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