Amid spikes in unemployment and energy prices, the government in recent months has moved to curb civil liberties. Its latest target, however, is an eye-catcher: witchcraft.
Central Asia is rich in history, oil, and gas -- and troubled by security risks, organized crime, narcotics trafficking, and extremism. In response to those threats, the United Nations this week launched a center for diplomacy in Ashgabat intended to help the region tackle its challenges before they spiral out of control.
Central Asia has become a testing ground for a more hard-nosed EU foreign policy, which -- if successful -- could be here to stay for the long term, says our Brussels correpondent.
November 14, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- A man was killed in an explosion early today near a government building in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, in an incident the authorities are treating as a terror attack, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reported.
Antonio Guterres (file) (epa) November 11, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres has arrived in Kyrgyzstan on his first visit to Central Asia since he started as the head of the UN's refugee agency in 2005.
The $18.7 billion program will result in new roads and rail links. (RFE/RL) November 3, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Eight member countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program have agreed to a strategy to improve Central Asia's transport infrastructure.
November 2, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- When the Tajik and Turkmen presidents met in Dushanbe last month for a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Dushanbe, they announced that Tajikistan was going to import electricity from Turkmenistan to help to solve its winter energy crisis.
DUSHANBE, October 23, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The Tajik government has suspended activities by Jehovah's Witnesses in the country because of their refusal to serve in the military, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reported.
Russia and Kazakhstan benefit from an influx of cheap labor from Central Asian countries, but migrants often face xenophobia, discrimination, or worse.
Financing is in place and construction is expected to begin soon on the last remaining section of the "Ring Road," a highway that loops the rugged mountain terrain and sparsely populated countryside to connect major cities.
CIS, CSTO, GUAM. The dizzying assortment of regional alliances -- together with their perplexing acronyms -- is one of the legacies of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Tajikistan's Muslim clergy have come under pressure from the authorities (RFE/RL) October 10, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Authorities in southern Tajikistan have instructed local mosque leaders not to allow school-aged boys to attend prayers.
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