Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

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

BELARUS

MINSK – Following developments amid ongoing migrant crisis at Belarus-Poland border.

SPORTS

WEST NUSA TENGGARA, Indonesia – Final round of 2021 Motul FIM Superbike World Championship. Turkish rider Toprak Razgatlioglu to run in Pirelli Indonesian Round Race 1.

SPECIAL REPORT

​​​​​​​Shopping frenzy turns into global phenomenon with Black Friday: Expert

By Burak Dag

ANKARA (AA) – The shopping frenzy has turned into a global phenomenon with the adoption of Black Friday across the world, along with online shopping alternatives that became more prevalent globally, according to a Turkish expert.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Lack of prospects keeps students away from philosophy in Cameroon'

By Aurore Bonny

DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Even as the philosophers for over centuries have been associated with wisdom, intellectual culture, and yearning for knowledge, there are fewer takers for this discipline in the Central African country of Cameroon.

SPECIAL REPORT

Water scarcity hits miles apart Tanzania, Zimbabwe

By Jeffrey Moyo and Kizito Makoye

HARARE, Zimbabwe / DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AA) – Tanzania and Zimbabwe may be hundreds of miles apart, but acute water deficiency these days has joined these two African countries.

SPECIAL REPORT

Backyard industries thrive amid comatose economy in Zimbabwe

By Jeffrey Moyo

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) – At his workshop in the Mbare township in Harare, hundreds of handmade metal chairs pile up and are ready for the market as 43-year-old Jemitius Banda openly brags about his thriving backyard industry.

SPECIAL REPORT

Environmentally cautious Kenyan bird is fishermen's best friend

By Andrew Wasike

NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – At Karagita Beach in Lake Naivasha, fishermen have come in with a new catch and are packing the fish into crates while others are preparing nets to venture into the lake.

SPECIAL REPORT

India tops world in road deaths, injuries

By Shuriah Niazi

NEW DELHI (AA) – Experts in India believe road traffic fatalities could be lowered with proper planning and implementation of rules.

SPECIAL REPORT

Uganda is steadily turning into industrial country

By Godfrey Olukya

KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Shaban Lugya is among more than 500 young men and women walking from a textile factory to their low-cost homes near the Masese village in Jinja in eastern Uganda.