By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Africanews
A court in Mombasa has found preacher Paul Mackenzie and 28 co-accused guilty of murdering 191 people, including 190 children, in the Shakahola forest massacre case. The verdict was delivered on Monday, according to Africanews.
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In Kenya, Paul Mackenzie and his co-defendants are found guilty in the Shakahola massacre case.
20 OctMackenzie verdict renews debate over religious oversight in Kenya19 OctKenya: Paul Mackenzie and 28 co-defendants found guilty of 191 murders19 OctShakahola massacre: verdict expected for Paul MacKenzie and 94 co-accusedA Mombasa court found Paul Mackenzie and 28 co-defendants guilty of murdering 190 children and one adult who died in a sect that advocated fasting to “meet Jesus”. Judge Diana Kavedza Mochache rejected the defence that the victims had fasted voluntarily, three years after the first bodies were discovered in Kenya.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: L’essentiel ·
The Mombasa High Court is due to deliver its verdict on 19 October in the trial of pastor Paul MacKenzie and 94 co-accused, charged with murder after the deaths of more than 530 people. The bodies were exhumed from mass graves in Shakahola forest, in eastern Kenya, in 2023, RFI reports.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: RFI ·
A Durban regional court has found ten men guilty of 19 armed robberies targeting businesses in KwaZulu-Natal between 2017 and 2019. The attacks took place in Durban, Estcourt, Pinetown, Tongaat and KwaDukuza, among other places, and hearings on sentencing submissions began on Tuesday, IOL reports.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: IOL ·
The verdict against Kenyan pastor Paul Mackenzie has revived debate over the regulation of religious institutions. Sociologist Armstrong Clement believes stricter oversight and better public education are needed, and notes that socioeconomic difficulties can encourage the emergence of religious leaders who abuse their influence, reports Mwananchi.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Mwananchi ·
Aden Duale appoints Dennis Miskellah to Kenya Ebola task forceKenyan Health Minister Aden Duale has appointed Dennis Miskellah, deputy secretary-general of the KMPDU doctors’ union, to the national task force responsible for Bundibugyo virus disease. The appointment letter is dated 19 October 2026; the team was created after the first confirmed imported case in Kenya on 6 October, reports Tuko.
Comoros gendarmerie arrests several suspects in MadjadjuThe Comoros National Gendarmerie announced several arrests in Madjadju following operations targeting drug offences, physical assaults and currency counterfeiting. Those arrested are suspected of offences including criminal conspiracy, possession or sale of drugs, assault and battery, and counterfeiting, according to the gendarmerie statement.The week in Africa
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