Antigovernment protests over price hikes and new taxes have left at least 29 people dead in recent weeks, prompting the country’s news outlets to join together to issue a dire warning.
Hundreds were drawn to a remote wilderness in southeastern Kenya by the End Times preaching of pastor Paul Mackenzie. Relatives and ex-members tried to intervene, but some did not want to be rescued.
Many of the victims are believed to have been members of a church led by a pastor who is being investigated on allegations that he directed his congregants to starve themselves to death.
After a bitter and close election, William Ruto takes the reins of power on Tuesday. One of his team’s first moves: Limiting the access of local television outlets to the ceremony.