Diary

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Inauguration ceremony of hydroelectric projects, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to preside.

ANKARA - Erdogan to meet U.K. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond.

ANKARA – Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to meet German Special Affairs Minister Peter Altmeier, Hammond.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Turkey a ‘key country’ for Chile

By Diyar Guldogan

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey is the “center of world politics” and an important partner for Chile, the Latin American nation’s foreign minister said.

EUROPE

FRANCE

PARIS - British man on trial for trying to smuggle Afghan girl from Calais migrant camp to family in U.K.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Eurogroup finance ministers to hold first meeting of 2016.

BRUSSELS - European Parliament President Martin Schulz to hold news conference on priorities for 2016.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - World Health Organization to declare Liberia Ebola-free, marking an end to the latest outbreak in West Africa.

GENEVA - International Organization for Migration news conference on global migration crisis.

AMERICAS

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on priorities for 2016.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter to meet senior commanders on anti-Daesh campaign in Iraq, Syria.

CUBA

SPECIAL REPORT:

Tourism sows divisions in communist Cuba

By Michael Sercan Daventry

VINALES, Cuba (AA) - This one is ready,” Lucilo said, turning the rooster upside down in his hands to inspect its plucked, featherless bottom. “He’s going to be a good fighter.”

MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA

EGYPT

CAIRO - Family of jailed Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie voice concerns over his health.

TUNISIA

TUNIS - Sheikh Rached Ghannouchi talks to Anadolu Agency about threat from Daesh as Tunisia celebrates fifth anniversary of Arab Spring.

SOUTH ASIA

SPECIAL REPORT:

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is $46B game-changer

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) - The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor could be an economic game-changer for Pakistan if the project can achieve its objectives, according to analysts.

AFRICA

NIGERIA

LAGOS - #BringBackOurGirls movement to hold rally in Abuja calling for more action to free abducted schoolgirls.

KENYA

SPECIAL REPORT:

Oil companies in Kenya developing poor areas

By Andrew Ross

NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) - Oil companies in Kenya are not drilling for oil but are spending millions to develop the poor regions where oil is found.

ERITREA

SPECIAL REPORT:

Eritrea attempts an economic makeover

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA (AA) - Eritrea is attempting an economic makeover, with economic reforms and even a new currency.

SOUTH AFRICA

SPECIAL REPORT:

South African farmers struggle as drought kills herds

By Hassan Isilow

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AA) - Thousands of cattle are dying as drought makes it impossible for farmers to raise them leading to a rise in food prices.

SOUTH EAST ASIA-PACIFIC

INDONESIA

JAKARTA - Police investigate multiple blasts, shootout at popular shopping center in Indonesian capital.

CAMBODIA

PHNOM PENH - Police guard school for female Muslim Cham students following attacks.

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Inauguration ceremony of hydroelectric projects, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to preside.

ANKARA - Erdogan to meet U.K. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond.

ANKARA – Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to meet German Special Affairs Minister Peter Altmeier, Hammond.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Turkey a ‘key country’ for Chile

By Diyar Guldogan

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey is the “center of world politics” and an important partner for Chile, the Latin American nation’s foreign minister said.

EUROPE

FRANCE

PARIS - British man on trial for trying to smuggle Afghan girl from Calais migrant camp to family in U.K.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - Eurogroup finance ministers to hold first meeting of 2016.

BRUSSELS - European Parliament President Martin Schulz to hold news conference on priorities for 2016.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - World Health Organization to declare Liberia Ebola-free, marking an end to the latest outbreak in West Africa.

GENEVA - International Organization for Migration news conference on global migration crisis.

AMERICAS

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on priorities for 2016.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter to meet senior commanders on anti-Daesh campaign in Iraq, Syria.

CUBA

SPECIAL REPORT:

Tourism sows divisions in communist Cuba

By Michael Sercan Daventry

VINALES, Cuba (AA) - This one is ready,” Lucilo said, turning the rooster upside down in his hands to inspect its plucked, featherless bottom. “He’s going to be a good fighter.”

MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA

EGYPT

CAIRO - Family of jailed Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie voice concerns over his health.

TUNISIA

TUNIS - Sheikh Rached Ghannouchi talks to Anadolu Agency about threat from Daesh as Tunisia celebrates fifth anniversary of Arab Spring.

SOUTH ASIA

SPECIAL REPORT:

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is $46B game-changer

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) - The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor could be an economic game-changer for Pakistan if the project can achieve its objectives, according to analysts.

AFRICA

NIGERIA

LAGOS - #BringBackOurGirls movement to hold rally in Abuja calling for more action to free abducted schoolgirls.

KENYA

SPECIAL REPORT:

Oil companies in Kenya developing poor areas

By Andrew Ross

NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) - Oil companies in Kenya are not drilling for oil but are spending millions to develop the poor regions where oil is found.

ERITREA

SPECIAL REPORT:

Eritrea attempts an economic makeover

By Andrew Jay Rosenbaum

ANKARA (AA) - Eritrea is attempting an economic makeover, with economic reforms and even a new currency.

SOUTH AFRICA

SPECIAL REPORT:

South African farmers struggle as drought kills herds

By Hassan Isilow

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AA) - Thousands of cattle are dying as drought makes it impossible for farmers to raise them leading to a rise in food prices.

SOUTH EAST ASIA-PACIFIC

INDONESIA

JAKARTA - Police investigate multiple blasts, shootout at popular shopping center in Indonesian capital.

CAMBODIA

PHNOM PENH - Police guard school for female Muslim Cham students following attacks.