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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 19-Mar-2023 00:57:34 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51821411 [www bbc com] Massacre in Kanungu, #Uganda

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Uganda_cult_massacres [en wikipedia org], https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_the_Restoration_of_the_Ten_Commandments_of_God [en wikipedia org] stabbed, strangled, poisoned burned to death

I honestly never heard about this. 778 cult members (Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God) died 2000-03-17. Apparently, the cult had preached the end of the world on 1999-12-31, and it had not happened. And according to the Wiki article (I know! I just didn't feel like doing the digging myself when the article seems to be missing links to some of its references.) All told, a total of 924 people were killed.
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1. On This Day In History (@onthisday@mastodon.social)
  
  from On This Day In History
  
  Today in 2000, 23 years ago: Five hundred and thirty members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God die in a fire, considered to be a mass murder or suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult. Elsewhere another 248 members are later found dead. #OnThisDay
2. Uganda's Kanungu cult massacre that killed 700 followers
  
  from https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews
  
  Twenty years ago, they were locked inside a church that was set on fire in south-west Uganda.
3. 2000 Uganda cult massacres
  
  On 17 March 2000, 778 members of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God died in Uganda. The theory that all of the members died in a mass suicide was changed to mass murder when bodies were discovered in pits, some with signs of strangulation while others had stab wounds.The group had diverged from the Roman Catholic Church in order to emphasize apocalypticism and alleged Marian apparitions. The group had been called an inward-looking movement that wore matching uniforms and restricted their speech to avoid saying anything dishonest or sinful.On the suicide itself locals said they held a party at which 70 crates of soft drinks and three bulls were consumed. This version of events has been criticized, most notably by Irving Hexham, and an unidentified Ugandan source states that "no one can really explain the whys, hows, whats, where, when, etcetera." References
4. Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God
  
  The Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God was a religious movement founded by Credonia Mwerinde and Joseph Kibweteere in southwestern Uganda. It was formed in 1989 after Mwerinde and Kibweteere claimed that they had seen visions of the Virgin Mary. The five primary leaders were Joseph Kibweteere, Joseph Kasapurari, John Kamagara, Dominic Kataribabo, and Credonia Mwerinde. In early 2000, followers of the religious movement died in a fire and a series of poisonings and killings that were initially considered a group suicide. It was later determined to be a mass murder by the group's leaders after their predictions of the apocalypse failed to come about. In their coverage of that event, BBC News and The New York Times referred to the Movement as a doomsday cult. Beliefs The goals of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God were to obey the Ten Commandments and preach the word of Jesus Christ. They taught that to avoid damnation in the apocalypse, one had to strictly follow the Commandments. The emphasis on the Commandments was so strong that the group discouraged talking, for...
Douglas A. Whitfield (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 15-Sep-2019 18:48:29 UTC Douglas A. Whitfield

I found someone for the Great Lakes so now just looking for #Africa for the #CreativeCommons Community Music Awards.

A
#Algeria
#Angola

B
#Benin
#Botswana
#BurkinaFaso
#Burundi

C
#CaboVerde
#Cameroon
Central African Republic (#CAR)
#Chad
#Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the (#DRC)
#Congo, Republic of the
Cote d'Ivoire #ivorycoast (I'm all for the French name, but what do I do with the ' in the tag?)

D
#Djibouti

E
#Egypt
#EquatorialGuinea
#Eritrea
#Eswatini (formerly #Swaziland)
#Ethiopia

G
#Gabon
#Gambia
#Ghana
#Guinea
#Guinea-Bissau

K
#Kenya

L
#Lesotho
#Liberia
#Libya

M
#Madagascar
#Malawi
#Mali
#Mauritania
#Mauritius
#Morocco
#Mozambique

N
#Namibia
#Niger
#Nigeria

R
#Rwanda

S
#SaoTome and #Principe
#Senegal
#Seychelles
#SierraLeone
#Somalia
#SouthAfrica
#SouthSudan
#Sudan

T
#Tanzania
#Togo
#Tunisia

U
#Uganda

Z
#Zambia
#Zimbabwe

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