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Yemen war: a feline perspective

Life under siege in Taiz, as experienced by an imaginary cat.

With the Covid-19 pandemic dominating world news, David Amanor invites a panel of guests to share unusual angles from their regions, as well as other stories they have reported - or would like to.

Roncliffe Odit of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Swahili joins us from Nairobi to tell us how the public health emergency has dampened political rivalries.

Irena Taranyuk of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Ukrainian takes us into a religious tussle within the Orthodox church over how to worship during the pandemic.

Sumaya Bakhsh of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Monitoring shares her recently published story, A Tale of Two Kitties. It started with an online friendship between her cat Nelson and Helen, an imaginary cat living on the streets of Taiz, Yemen.

Picture: Bomb-damaged buildings in Taiz, Yemen. Credit: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½

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