Georgian Resettlement Scheme Blamed for Tensions
In an ethnically mixed part of Georgia, tensions are high as locals blame new settlers for crime wave.
In an ethnically mixed part of Georgia, tensions are high as locals blame new settlers for crime wave.
Furore over plans to merge a Circassian homeland with the surrounding Russian region.
Environmentalists claim flooding caused by Turkish dams is threatening Ajaria.
Lack of experience and poor financial support are affecting Iraq’s fledgling civil society groups.
Community leaders confident that they can build on their current political success on a local and national level.
Returning refugees angered by law that prevents them taking part in elections for Kurdistan assembly.
Arabs and Kurds are trading insults online as the election debate moves into cyberspace.
Iraq’s emerging democracy may not be perfect, but it must be given time to grow and mature.
The prevalent view from outside Iraq is that Sunnis will boycott the elections - but the situation is not so cut and dried.
Because of their lifestyle it’s been hard for them to follow the electoral campaign – but nomads say that won’t stop them voting.