IWPR
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Senior figures from across the political spectrum gathered for the opening of an Ismaili centre in the Tajik capital this week.
The southern town of Batken has now been the official administrative centre of its own region for a decade, but it has few of the leisure facilities and public spaces that more established urban centres enjoy.
A new fountain complete with lights and music may prove a popular attraction, but could jeopardise the hard-won status of a nearby UNESCO World Heritage Site in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh.
Reporter Nurlan Abdaliev interviews an official from the mayor’s office to find out why the Kyrgyz capital is having so much work spent on prettifying its public spaces.
Youth protest could be sign of new opposition in Azerbaijan.