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ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Monday, Jan. 4, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – Turkish Prime Minister Davutoglu to attend ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party's central executive board meeting.

ANKARA - Davutoglu to meet with opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Bahceli.

ANKARA - Turkish Exporters Assembly to release report on country’s exports.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release inflation report.

EUROPE

SPECIAL REPORT:

Risks grow as economy falters in Russia

By Zaki Shaikh and Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

LONDON - As the Russian economy dives deep into recession, risks loom for the future.

BERLIN – Poland’s new populist-conservative government fears EU partners Germany and Italy will seek accommodation with Russia due to energy and trade ties, analysts tell Anadolu Agency.

AFRICA

SPECIAL REPORTS:

Ethiopia: Coffee industry sees steady growth

By Tesfa Mogessie

ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia's coffee exports are increasing thanks in part to government incentives.

Ethiopia’s remittances from abroad jump by $2 billion

By Seleshi Tessema

ADDIS ABABA - Remittances to Ethiopians from abroad have increased sharply this year, up by about $2 billion to reach $3.7 billion.

Inflation rises sharply in Uganda, consumers struggle

By Halima Athumani

KAMPALA - Ugandan consumers are struggling to pay higher prices as inflation jumped in December.

GHANA

ACCRA – Ghana’s minister for power has resigned as electricity crisis deepens in the country.

SOUTH ASIA

SPECIAL REPORT:

2016 calendar to feature Kashmir's disappeared youth

By Zahid Rafiq

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir - Years after they first went missing, Indian-held Kashmir’s disappeared youth will finally return home this year as pictures on the pages of a 2016 commemorative calendar.

SOUTHEAST ASIA-PACIFIC

MYANMAR

YANGON – Authorities appear to bow to pressure by nationalist monks and ban mosque from joining in Independence Day celebrations.

THAILAND

BANGKOK – Activists concerned that even though number of bomb attacks by insurgents is falling year on year in country’s troubled Muslim south, arbitrary arrests and torture during military detention continue.