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Today — 20 October 2026NYT - World
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Cult Leader Convicted of Mass Murder by Court in Kenya

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By: Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Brian O. Otieno
19 October 2026 at 16:11
Paul Nthenge Mackenzie told his doomsday followers in a remote forest to fast for salvation. He faced trial after hundreds of bodies were exhumed.

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Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, a doomsday cult leader, at the Shanzu Law Courts in Mombasa, Kenya, in January. He was accused of mass murder after telling followers to starve themselves.
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Kenya Confirms Four New Ebola Cases

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By: Pranav Baskar and Brian O. Otieno
18 October 2026 at 17:58
Seven Ebola infections have now been confirmed in Kenya, which before this month had never recorded cases of the deadly virus.

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People at the Kenya-Uganda border this month. Uganda separates Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an Ebola outbreak has hit hard.
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