Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKIYE

ANKARA - Following Russia-Ukraine border tensions as several countries urge citizens to leave Ukraine amid fears of Russian invasion.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin expected to hold separate phone talks with US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron amid ongoing tensions between Russia, Ukraine.

SPORTS

BEIJING - Following 2022 Winter Olympics in China.

ANTALYA, Turkiye - Tour of Antalya, Turkish cycling race in UCI Road Race calendar, to continue with stage 3.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Chelsea to face Palmeiras in FIFA Club World Cup final.

SPECIAL REPORT

Jiggers eating away fingers, toes, and buttocks of thousands of Ugandans

By Godfrey Olukya

KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Napilu Patrick, 12, said that he could no longer walk to his primary school about a kilometer away from his Ugandan home due to jiggers infecting his feet and causing deep wounds.

SPECIAL REPORT

Identity of over 100,000 newborns causing concern among Rohingya in Bangladesh

By Md. Kamruzzaman

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Though almost half of over 1 million Rohingya living in the congested refugee camps in Bangladesh are children growing up in a subhuman condition, the persecuted people are more worried about the future of more than 100,000 newborn babies who have been added since the mass exodus four-and-a-half years ago.

SPECIAL REPORT

Kenyan school dropout's journey to owning radio station

By Andrew Wasike

NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – A community FM radio station set up by a school dropout Peter Ngugi, 25, in Nakuru County, 200 kilometers (124 miles) northwest of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, is helping villagers to promote their business or even comes to their rescue in times of distress.

SPECIAL REPORT

Community radio station helps residents in remote disadvantaged area in India

By Shuriah Niazi

NEW DELHI (AA) – A community radio station has become a tool to disseminate useful information to listeners in one of India's most disadvantaged districts in the northern state of Haryana.

SPECIAL REPORT

Why are military coups on the rise in Africa?

By Hassan Isilow

JOHANNESBURG (AA) – A wave of military coups in Africa is pushing the continent backward in terms of democracy, according to geopolitical experts.