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.