Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Following forest fires in southern Turkey that have led to deaths, injuries.

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

TUNISIA

TUNIS - Monitoring developments in wake of President Kais Saied suspending parliament.

PALESTINE

JERUSALEM - Monitoring situation after Israeli forces carried out airstrikes on Gaza Strip following launch of incendiary balloons from besieged Palestinian territory.

MYANMAR

YANGON - Monitoring developments after February military coup triggered violent protests, crackdown.

SPORTS

TOKYO - Following Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

BUDAPEST - Hungarian Grand Prix, Round 11 in Formula One World Championship to be held.​​​​​​​

SPECIAL REPORT

Poverty, work shifts force mothers to stop breastfeeding in Kenya

By Andrew Wasike

NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) - Although the East African country of Kenya boasts a healthy rate of breastfeeding at initial stages, according to a study, it decreases sharply from 84% of infants aged 0-1 month to 42% of infants aged 4-5 months.

SPECIAL REPORT

Domestic workers: Zimbabwe’s forgotten workforce

By Jeffrey Moyo

MASVINGO, Zimbabwe (AA) - In the beginning, 19-year-old Miriam Shoko, a housemaid by profession, was receiving a steady income, with two years of hard work to her credit.

SPECIAL REPORT

Anger resides decades after 1980s genocide in Zimbabwe

By Jeffrey Moyo​​​​​​​

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (AA) - When she was 17 years old, now-58-year-old Mrs. Tiisang Dale lost her parents, three uncles and a sister as the government-orchestrated genocidal war pounded Zimbabwe in the 1980s.

SPECIAL REPORT

Rwanda genocide perpetrators live freely with survivors after showing remorse

By James Tasamba

KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) - Jean Damascene Ngoboka, a Rwanda genocide perpetrator, said he was not at peace for many years because he was haunted by his crimes committed during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group.