Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):

TURKIYE

ANKARA - Monitoring developments on coronavirus pandemic in Turkiye, worldwide.

SPORTS

MELBOURNE - Following 2022 Australian Open, first Grand Slam of year

SPECIAL REPORT

Drought kills 62,000 livestock in Tanzania

By Kizito Makoye

KITETO, Tanzania (AA) – More than 62,000 livestock have died in Tanzania over a month due to a drought that has ravaged herder communities in the northeast Manyara region, officials said.

SPECIAL REPORT

Pellet gun victim’s efforts to bring light into lives of other sufferers

By Nusrat Sidiq

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – After darkness suddenly enveloped the life of Ashraf Wani, 30, in 2016, when pellets allegedly fired by police to disperse protests hit his eyes, he has found a way to bring light to his life by helping other victims.

SPECIAL REPORT

Why Kenya’s flamingo populations are on the decline

By Andrew Wasike

NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) - Though still numbering in the millions in lakes located around the Great Rift Valley, flamingo populations in Kenya are fast declining.

SPECIAL REPORT

Act to end India’s vulnerability to drug trafficking, experts urge

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) – As India is sandwiched between the world’s two largest illicit opium cultivation regions, experts have urged more efforts to check drug smuggling by investing in capacity-building and resources.