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KyrgyzGaz office in Bishkek. (Photo: Timur Toktonaliev)

Russia Factor Shifts Kyrgyz-Uzbek Power Balance

Kyrgyzstan's growing ties with Moscow give it added clout in region but could prove a liability.

Tajiks Labour Migrants Confused About Status

Lyudmila Ekzarkhova of the Kazakstan Confederation of Free Trade Unions. (Photo courtesy of L. Ekzarkhova)

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Draconian Laws Threaten Free Trade Unions in Kazakstan

Government trying to co-opt unions into unified structure and punish any stragglers.

Miners on strike in Kazreti earlier this year. (Photo: Iana Korbezashvili)

Georgian Miners Say Strike Deal Achieved Nothing

Continuing discord comes after government tried to act as impartial mediator.

Maqsad Mirzayev is among the many Azerbaijanis who cannot vote in local elections because they were displaced from their home areas by war two decades ago. (Photo: Afgan Mukhtarli)

Limited Voting Rights for Azerbaijan's Displaced

Officially, refugees still count as living in areas they fled 20 years ago.

Justice Minister Tea Tsulukiani (left) at the ECHR in Strasbourg. (Photo: Georgian justice ministry website)

Georgia Wins Against Moscow at European Court

Human rights court says Russia engaged in “collective expulsion” of Georgians.

Ukraine Military Plans Blockade of Donetsk, Luhansk

Demonstration against rising electricity prices in Yerevan. (Photo: Nazik Armenakyan)

Armenians Shocked at Electricity Price Rise

Consumers ask why they should pay for result of mismanagement.

Ukrainian President Sees Slavyansk Capture as Turning Point

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A woman reacts over the body of her daughter, next to a clinic that was damaged during a Russian missile attack, on June 1, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. At least three were killed, including a child, and others were injured by falling debris from intercepted missiles. © Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

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Ukraine Justice: “Reporting the Story is Just the Start”

Journalists need training and support to properly cover war crimes trials.

Students attend a lesson on housekeeping at a training facility for domestic workers on November 22, 2022 in Kampala, Uganda. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are a frequent destination for Ugandan domestic workers, with official estimates suggesting that around one hundred and sixty-five thousand Ugandans are in temporary employment contracts in the region. © Luke Dray/Getty Images

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Ugandan Women Pay the Price of Exploitation

Activists warn that vulnerable domestic workers risk abuse, often returning with serious health conditions.

Ukraine War Diary by A. Borden

Harsh Victory at Position X

Commitment, sacrifice and luck secured a vital early win in the south-eastern campaign, but can Ukrainian forces press on?

Sevim Kaya has been a bus driver for 16 years.

Behind the Wheel in a Macho City

Some women face Adana's male-dominated traffic chaos for a living.

Karine (not her real name) was 15 when she realised that the male body she was born into was not hers. She moved from the rural community she grew up in to the capital Yerevan to be free to be herself. Unlinke many people in her community she was able to find a stable job as a hairdresser and manicurist. © Anahit Zakaryan

Life in the Shadows for Armenia’s Transgender Community

Recent murder highlights widespread discrimination and violence against LGBTI people.

An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8. © Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images

The Israel-Hamas Conflict

Interview: The War on Disinformation

Open source intelligence (OSINT) can provide facts – but impatient, angry audiences often prefer opinions.