Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Erdogan to chair meeting of the National Security Council (MGK)

ANKARA - Minister of Labor and Social Security Mehmet Muezzinoglu to attend Anadolu Agency's Editors' Desk

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release statistics on foreign trade, tourism and population

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - Launch of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Humanitarian Action for Children 2017

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Minister of Foreign and Commonwealth Office Alan Duncan to attend a foreign relations committee meeting on UK-Turkey relations

LONDON - The second reading of a proposed Article 50 bill to continue at the parliament

PARAGUAY

ASUNCION - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet Paraguay’s Foreign Minister Eladio Loizaga

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA - President Mustafa Akinci to meet UN Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide as part of Cyprus talks.

ZAMBIA

Special Report:

Zambia: Murders of elderly accused of witchcraft rise

By Francis Maingaila

LUSAKA, Zambia (AA) - Veronica Sulwe's 80-year-old grandmother was murdered on Jan 15 by her grandson in Chingola Town, in the northern Copperbelt province of Zambia, after being accused of causing the death of her great-grandchild by using witchcraft.

SOUTH AFRICA

Special Report:

Legacy of AU's Dlamini-Zuma receives mixed reactions

By Hassan Isilow

JOHANNESBURG (AA) - The legacy of outgoing African Union Commission Chairwoman, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has generated debate, with some saying she did a stunning job and others claiming she failed the continent.