Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – Monitoring progress in containing remaining forest fires in southern/southeastern Turkey.

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

GREECE

ATHENS – Monitoring wildfires in certain parts of the country.

ITALY

ROME – Monitoring fires in forests, rural areas of southern Italy.

TUNISIA

TUNIS – Monitoring developments after President Kais Saied suspended parliament in July.

MYANMAR

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

SPORTS

TOKYO – Final day of Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

SPECIAL REPORT

African scientist extracts electricity from woody shrub

By Aurore Bonny

DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – A lab technician in the Republic of Congo has devised a process to extract electricity from cassava – a woody shrub cultivated throughout the tropical world for its tuberous roots.

SPECIAL REPORT

Walter Tevis: Man who gave life to Queen’s Gambit

By Merve Berker and Dilan Pamuk

ANKARA (AA) – American novelist and short story author Walter Tevis is the man who brought The Queen’s Gambit to life as a “gift to the intelligent women” after he fell to earth.

SPECIAL REPORT

Bosnia and Herzegovina marks birthday of nation’s first president

By Salam Abu Sharar

RAMALLAH (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina on Sunday marked the 96th birthday of Alija Izetbegovic, who served as the independent country’s first president.

SPECIAL REPORT

Forest-dwelling communities in India continue to lose their lands, livelihoods

By Shuriah Niazi

NEW DELHI (AA) – Despite making up only about 8% of India’s population, indigenous forest dwellers – also known as tribals – make up about half of the people displaced by projects, said the nation’s leading tribal rights activist.

SPECIAL REPORT

Khoisans are Zimbabwe’s forgotten tribe

By Jeffrey Moyo

TSHOLOTSHO, Zimbabwe - Nyaliwe Mendisi has never known the door of a classroom. None of her 12 children went to school, and now the 81-year-old’s grandchildren and great-grandchildren have had no basic education either.

SPECIAL REPORT

Non-participatory development causing displacement, unrest in hill tracts in Bangladesh

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Non-participatory development activities have allegedly been stoking unrest in Bangladesh's hill tracts, in a situation where indigenous people are struggling for their basic needs.