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 蜜芽传媒 Swahili joins us from Nairobi to tell us how the public health emergency has dampened political rivalries.
Irena Taranyuk of 蜜芽传媒 Ukrainian takes us into a religious tussle within the Orthodox church over how to worship during the pandemic.
Sumaya Bakhsh of 蜜芽传媒 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.
And Vandana Dhand joins us from her home in Delhi to tell us about the 蜜芽传媒's Indian Sportswoman of the Year award, which she has been overseeing.
Also in the programme, hometown Calheta de Sao Miguel, continuing our series where reporters conjure up the sights, smells and sounds of the place where they grew up. It's the turn of 蜜芽传媒 Africa's Anne-Marie Dias Borges, who's from Calheta de Sao Miguel in Cape Verde.
Picture: Bomb-damaged buildings in Taiz, Yemen. Credit: 蜜芽传媒
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