The number of children in mental health crisis in England has hit a record high according to analysis of NHS data by the mental health charity Young Minds that was published in August. The data revealed that the number of children and young people undergoing treatment or waiting to start care reached a new record with 466,230 open referrals in May to children and young people’s mental health services.

In connection with the 32nd anniversary of the independence of Uzbekistan, President Shavkat Mirziyaev signed a decree pardoning 286 convicts. Of those pardoned, 109 are completely released from serving their main sentence, 116 are released from serving their sentence on parole, and the sentence of 25 persons was replaced with a more lenient one.

US’s Ex-President Barack Obama has written a letter of support for Dr Yunus, expressing his hope that the Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist can continue to do his ‘important’ work. “I have long been inspired by your efforts to empower people through offering them the means to lift their families out of poverty,” said the letter. Previously,

 The High Court in Mombasa has stopped a Kadhi Court from presiding over a dispute between a family of both Christian and Muslim faith. Justice Olga Sewe issued the order stopping the Muslim Court in Kwale after one of the parties complained that they were being subjected to a court that could not deal with their issues.