ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, June 16, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla.
DIYARBAKIR – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to visit Diyarbakir governor’s office.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – UNHCR representative in Iraq, Bruno Geddo to hold press conference on displacement from Mosul and humanitarian situation in Iraq.
GENEVA – Chairman of the Qatari National Human Rights Committee, Dr. Ali bin Smaikh Al-Marri to hold press conference on “The illegal blockade against Qatar & its impact on human rights of citizens of GCC Countries”.
U.K.
LONDON – Talks to finalize deal between Conservatives and DUP to continue. DUP leader Arlene Foster to visit Ireland’s new prime minister Leo Vradkar in Dublin.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW – Three-day Turkish Festival to start in Russian capital.
SAUDI ARABIA
RIYADH – Turkish FM Cavusoglu to hold official talks.
SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANNESBURG – South Africans to commemorate massacre of dozens of students killed on June 16, 1976 in Soweto near Johannesburg in protest against apartheid policies.
LESOTHO
MASERU – Thomas Thabane, 77, to be inaugurated as Lesotho’s prime minister after winning a snap election held earlier this month.
ZIMBABWE
SPECIAL REPORT: Underage children turn to vending in Zimbabwe
By Jeffrey Moyo
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) – Trevor Mudimbu, 14, moves from one vehicle to the other carrying a basket of apples and bananas as he avoids being knocked down by passing vehicles at the traffic lights located at Corner Samora Machel Avenue and Simon Muzenda Street in Harare, the Zimbabwean capital.
UGANDA
SPECIAL REPORT: Hunger pangs for South Sudanese refugees in Uganda
By Halima Athumani
ADJUMANI, Uganda (AA) – The Ugandan government and the World Food Programme (WFP) have been forced to cut food rations for refugees.
