Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

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

ANGOLA

LUANDA - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet, hold joint press conference with Angolan counterpart Manuel Goncalves Lourenco.

LUANDA - President Erdogan to address Angola’s parliament, attend meeting of Turkey-Angola Business Forum.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - Sixth session of Syrian Constitutional Committee to commence.

LUXEMBOURG

LUXEMBOURG CITY - Meeting of EU Foreign Affairs Council to be held.

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL - Monitoring political developments, security situation in Afghanistan.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkey’s Central Bank to release international investment position figures for August.

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve to announce industrial production, capacity utilization data for September.

SPECIAL REPORT

Visually challenged Palestinian prodigy brings hopes to blind

By Salam Abu Sharar

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) - After losing his eyesight seven years ago, Palestinian prodigy Munes Nazzal, 22, never gave up on his dreams.

SPECIAL REPORT

Uganda’s slow pace of COVID vaccination sounds alarm bells

By Hamza Kyeyune

KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) - Uganda is falling far short of its target to vaccinate priority groups by the end of this year, hampered by accessibility issues and vaccine supplies with a short shelf life.

SPECIAL REPORT

Miracle crop lifts Tanzanian famers out of poverty

By Kizito Makoye

MUHEZA, Tanzania (AA) - Standing at her farm gently clutching shrubs of a fresh cassava tree, Abia Magembe narrates how she owes much of her success to the humble root.

SPECIAL REPORT

No ‘evidence’ of forced conversion to Islam in Pakistan: Study

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) - A Pakistani think tank claims to have debunked reports by several international and domestic NGOs that girls from the minority Hindu community are being forced to convert to Islam in the country, mainly in the southern Sindh province.

SPECIAL REPORT

UN failure to pressure Myanmar while aiding Rohingya may delay repatriation: Experts

By Md. Kamruzzaman

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The UN’s failure to pressure Myanmar to take back its Rohingya nationals while providing them with humanitarian assistance on the remote Bangladeshi island of Bhasan Char may delay their much-awaited repatriation process, according to experts.​​​​​​​