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 Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Swahili joins us from Nairobi to tell us how the public health emergency has dampened political rivalries.
Irena Taranyuk of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Ukrainian takes us into a religious tussle within the Orthodox church over how to worship during the pandemic.
Sumaya Bakhsh of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ 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: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ
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