Shakahola forest

{{Short description|Forest in Kenya}}

Shakahola forest is an {{convert|800|acre}} forest area that is part of Chakama Ranch in Kilifi County, eastern Kenya.{{Cite news |last=Makong |first=Bruhan |date=2023-04-26 |title=Kenya: Govt Declares Chakama Ranch Containing Shakahola Forest a Disturbed Area |language=en |work=Capital FM |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202304260354.html |access-date=2023-05-04}} Shakahola village is nearby. The nearest large town is Malindi, on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast.{{Cite news |date=2023-05-01 |first= Dorcas |last=Wangira|title=Kenya starvation cult: 'My wife and six children followed Pastor Mackenzie' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65423645 |access-date=2023-05-02}}

In 2023, a number of mass graves were found in the forest, leading to an investigation of what is now known as the Shakahola forest massacre.{{Cite web |title=Kenya starvation cult death toll hits 90 as morgues fill up: "Nothing prepares you for shallow mass graves of children" |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kenya-starvation-cult-death-toll-rises-child-graves-shakahola-forest-massacre/ |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}