Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

ITALY

ROME - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend G20 meeting, sessions on Global Economy and Global Health as well as on Supporting SMEs and Women-Owned Businesses to Build Forward Better, also to hold bilateral talks with other leaders.

ROME - Erdogan to attend cultural event hosted by Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, along with dinner hosted by Italian President Sergio Mattarella in honor of heads of delegations.

TURKEY

ANKARA - Monitoring COVID-19 normalization process in Turkey, worldwide pandemic situation.

SUDAN

KHARTOUM - Following situation in Sudan after arrests of several ministers, officials in military takeover.

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL - Monitoring political developments, security situation in Afghanistan.

SPECIAL REPORT

Small savings initiative helps empower Rwandan women

By James Tasamba

KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) - A group of over 500 Rwandan women in the capital Kigali's Gasabo district started a penny-saving scheme that has now grown into startup entrepreneurship, setting an example for others on how women may help themselves overcome poverty and become self-sufficient.

SPECIAL REPORT

Backyard midwives become Zimbabwe’s medical messiahs

By Jeffrey Moyo

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) - Exactly nine days after the dawn of 2020, 23-year-old Chipo Mungani gave birth to her first child, a bouncing baby boy, thanks to the aid of a backyard midwife in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare.

SPECIAL REPORT

Dhaka becomes unlivable as industrial pollution already kills city rivers

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, once the center of trade and business and a modest settlement to a provincial Mughal capital hundreds of years ago because of its long river routes, is now suffering due to extreme river pollution.

SPECIAL REPORT

Tanzania’s school fighting climate change with rainwater

By Kizito Makoye

BAGAMOYO, Tanzania (AA) - A public school in Tanzania is implementing an innovative rainwater harvesting project that has helped curb the wave of waterborne disease caused by saline intrusion and affected the health and academic performances of students.

SPECIAL REPORT

Many 'challenges' ahead in India’s coronavirus vaccination program

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) - Even as India crossed the milestone of 1 billion coronavirus vaccine doses last week, many challenges remain in its vaccination program before the country inoculates the entire nation, according to health experts.

SPECIAL REPORT

Dilapidation gripping Zimbabwean towns, cities

By Jeffrey Moyo

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) - Domiciled in Harare, the Zimbabwean capital, just at the beginning of the year, 39-year-old Denford Ngirazi drove his car straight into a litany of potholes, instantly damaging all his tires and shock absorbers.