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Tajikistan to Proceed with Rogun Hydroelectric Dam
According to Tajikistan’s Finance Ministry, next year the government will assign more than $223 million of budgetary funds to continue construction of the Rogun hydroelectric facility.
KYRGYZSTAN-UZBEKISTAN: Refugees in Numbers
Ethnic Uzbek women, children and the elderly living in southern Kyrgyzstan continue to flee clashes with Kyrgyz groups and cross the nearby border into Uzbekistan in search of security and shelter.
American Red Cross Providing Aid As Unrest in Kyrgyzstan Drives Families Across International Borders
Out of concern for the hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people in southern Kyrgyzstan, who have fled to rural areas, mosques and farms following days of brutal violence in the country, the Red Cross has launched a multi-country humanitarian...
Russian Emergencies Ministry Aircraft Carrying Humanitarian Aid Land in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Three Russian Emergencies Ministry aircraft with 130 tons of humanitarian aid landed in Bishkek,Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday. The planes left Moscow at midday, carrying blankets, canned food and sugar.
Tajikistan Islamic Politician Imprisoned for ‘family Voting’
An activist from the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) has received a one-year prison sentence for “family voting”, Central Asia Online has learned.
7-year-old Child Executed By the Taliban for ‘spying’
Taliban militants allegedly executed a 7-year-old child on June 8 for “spying for the government” in the volatile Helmand province of Afghanistan.
KYRGYZSTAN-UZBEKISTAN: Concerns Over Tension in Uzbek Enclave Border Areas
Confrontation last week between the residents of two villages on both sides of the border of an Uzbek enclave in Kyrgyzstan highlights the risk of further conflict over the use of natural resources in Ferghana Valley, according to analysts.
Kyrgyzstan Lifts Curfew And State of Emergency in South
An interim government spokesman has said that the Kyrgyzstan authorities have lifted a state of emergency and curfew in the country’s southern city of Jalalabad. “Due to stabilization of the situation the interim government decided not to...
