Central Asia

Interview: Turkmen Activist's Trial Shows Authorities' True Colours

Are Returning Migrants Behind Tajik Crime Wave?

The recent murder of a currency trader in the capital Dushanbe has led some to point the finger at Tajik workers forced to return home because of the global economic crisis.

Tajikistan Comes to Terms With Immigrant Labour

Although it is a country where hundreds of thousands of people go abroad in search of work, Tajikistan is also host to several thousand foreign worker.

Central Asia: Sept '09

Tajik authorities’ tactics for dealing with foreign Islamic groups under scrutiny.

Turkmen Team to Attend World Food Forum

Turkmenistan Blocks Students Attending Foreign Universities

Modernised Turkmen-Uzbek Checkpoint to Ease Border Crossing

Teenage Girls Fill Labour Gap

School-age girls are out gathering the cotton harvest in parts of Tajikistan this autumn, and many have dropped out of education altogether.

Kyrgyzstan: Journalist Alisher Saipov's Murder Left Unsolved

Kyrgyzstan: Hijab Row as New School Year Begins

Headscarf dispute pits secular school system against demands to respect religious freedoms.