Uganda has announced the discovery of a gold deposit of 31 million tonnes, with extractable pure gold estimated to gross 320,000 tonnes. President Museveni confirmed it in his speech addressing the nation. The deposit is estimated to be worth more than $12 trillion.

Kenyans will go to an election on 9 August, 2022. Kenya’s neighbours are following the elections keenly, since Kenya is the economic hub of East and Central Africa. This is anticipated to be the most competitive elections pitting the Kenya Kwanza coalition led by Ruto and Azimio la Umoja coalition led by Raila.

On 2nd July, hundreds of people joined a vigil for Zara Aleena who was killed on her way home in Ilford, East London. The 35 year old law graduate was just minutes from her front door when she was dragged, kicked and stamped on by a male stranger. She suffered multiple serious injuries and was found bleeding and struggling to breathe.

 Izzat Amon, a well-known activist for the rights of labour migrants, was sentenced to another 6 years in prison as part of a trumped-up criminal case of fraud. The verdict was announced on the 6th of June in the court of the I. Somoni district of Dushanbe. Earlier, he was sentenced by the capital's court to 9 years in prison on the same charges, writes Asia Plus. Relatives of the…