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From Our Own Correspondent: Post-lockdown problems for Turkey

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Post-lockdown problems for Turkey

20/06/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - From Our Own Correspondent, Post-lockdown problems for Turkey

Turkey eases lockdown restrictions, plus stories from the Philippines, Yemen and Kenya.

Coronavirus lockdown restrictions are eased in Turkey but new cases are rising, plus stories from the Philippines, Yemen and Kenya.

Pascale Harter introduces analysis, reportage and personal reflections from correspondents around the world.

In Turkey, where there has been a surge in new cases of Covid-19 – following the lifting of many restrictions on 01 June – there are fears that the country might face a second wave of infections. The authorities are urging the public to remain on their guard. So far more than 4,800 people have died of the virus, according to official figures. Orla Guerin has been in Istanbul since the start of the outbreak in mid-March. 

Two journalists, Maria Ressa, the head of an investigative news website called Rappler, and one of their former writers, Reynaldo Santos Jr, have been sentenced to prison for libel in the Philippines. The case has been seen by many as an attack on press freedom and some question the government’s motives to prosecute, as Howard Johnson reports. 

Following years of civil war in Yemen, they have the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. On top of malnutrition and a devastated healthcare system, in comes coronavirus. Iona Craig was in the worst-hit city, Aden, when the virus began.

The number of people facing hunger could double to 265 million by the end of the year, according to the UN – that’s because of the coronavirus pandemic. Kenya’s capital Nairobi is not immune to food shortages with reports from the biggest slum in the city of stampeding when flour and cooking oil were given away. One lab is looking at a more sustainable way of feeding the masses, their answer is insects. Emilie Filou has put them to the taste test.

Presenter: Pascale Harter
Producer: Bethan Head

(Image:  Women wearing face masks shop at the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey, 01 June 2020. Credit: EPA/Sedat Suna)

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