Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Huber Mansion. Erdogan is also due to receive National Amputee Football Team.

ANKARA - Following COVID-19 normalization process in Turkey, virus variants, worldwide pandemic situation.

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL - Monitoring political developments, security issue in Afghanistan.

SPECIAL NEWS

Teachers’ shortage shatters dreams of Tanzania’s blind students

By Kizito Makoye

DODOMA, Tanzania (AA) - On a bright Monday morning, a dozen of smartly-dressed blind students slowly walked to their classroom after morning assembly.

SPECIAL NEWS

Kitchen gardens help indigenous in India combat malnutrition

By Shuriah Niazi

NEW DELHI (AA) - An initiative by a civil society organization in central India is proving a lifesaver for the poor and indigenous forest-dwelling people of the area.

SPECIAL NEWS

Tanzania’s cash scheme lifts rural women out of poverty

By Kizito Makoye

MTWARA, Tanzania (AA) - When Rukia Mtawali was chosen to join a conditional cash transfer program and began to receive money for purchasing food items for her family, she did not imagine a small fund would change the life of her family.

SPECIAL NEWS

Why does poverty persist in Niger?

By Aurore Bonny

DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) - The people of Niger are living in a situation of chronic poverty, the multiple reasons and important consequences of which were explained to Anadolu Agency by leaders of humanitarian groups on eve of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17.

SPECIAL NEWS

'Anesthesiologists' crucial role during pandemic needs to be recognized'

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) - Anesthesiologists went through a "challenging" time at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in India, a top anesthesiologist said on the eve of World Anesthesia Day being observed Saturday.

SPECIAL NEWS

Kashmir is ‘haven’ for unique street foods

By Nusrat Sidiq

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) - Mohammad Ramzan Itoo, a 54-year-old in Indian administered Kashmir pushed his bicycle cart every day, selling hot served masaal tchott --boiled chickpeas served with bread.

SPECIAL NEWS

Turkish houseware sector targets $6B in exports

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's houseware sector, which closed last year with total exports of $4.5 billion under pandemic conditions, is targeted to reach the $5.5 billion to $6 billion level this year, said the chairman of the largest sector association.

SPECIAL NEWS

Defunct currency resurrects barter trade in rural Zimbabwe

By Jeffrey Moyo

MASVINGO, Zimbabwe (AA) - Munodeyi Muhwandefa, 68, always comes once or twice a month to trade his livestock in return for bags of maize to feed his family in Maranda Township in Zimbabwe’s Masvingo Province.

SPECIAL NEWS

Major cities in Zimbabwe face water woes despite good rainfall

By John Cassim

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) - Zimbabwean cities are facing serious water shortages despite the country recording very good rains during the 2020 - 2021 rainy season.