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Baku Struggling to Curb Drugs Trade

Azeri customs officials are being overwhlemed by the scale of drugs trafficking through the country.

Croatia: Right Lose Influence

Right-wing nationalists in Croatia fail to capitalise on the government's dismal economic performance

Shevardnadze - The Trouble-shooter?

Questions raised over motive behind Shevardnadze's bid to come up with solutions for two Georgian trouble-spots.

Armenia Faces Georgian Dilemma

Yerevan is attempting to stand up for the rights of its minority in Georgia, but is anxious not to fall out with Tbilisi over the issue.

Russia Defuses Abkhaz Tensions

Moscow's pledge to withdraw its forces from Abkhazia by the end of the year lessens the likelihood of a new war in the region.

Georgia: Unwanted Meskhetians

Deported from southern Georgia by Stalin, Meskhetian Turks are finding it hard to return to their homeland.

Georgian Sex Slaves

Hundreds of women tricked into years of working as unpaid prostitutes return home to be treated as outcasts, even criminals.

Bin Laden's Azeri Connections

Osama bin Laden's links with Azerbaijan stretch back to the mid-nineties

Albania Denies Terrorist Links

Tirana claims it has done its utmost to root out individuals suspected of having links with extremist organisations.

Global Voices: Middle East & North Africa

The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border. © Andrea Godínez

Araceli cries while talking about her brother who disappeared along the border and whose remains were repatriated. © Andrea Godínez

Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

A search for family members gone missing in Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried. © © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, forensic examiner at the Pima County morgue, inside the trailer that holds the remains of migrants who perished along the border. © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, a forensic medical investigator in Pima County, holds the skull of a deceased migrant. © Andrea Godínez

Román Coc holds photos of his daughter Laura, who disappeared in the Arizona desert 13 years ago. © Andrea Godínez

A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant. © Andrea Godínez

There are no statistics on cases of femicide - the killing of women on the grounds of hatred of women, with the acquiescence of the state - in Uzbekistan.

Artwork by Mays Al-Saray.

'Hope of Mother', an organization led by Lisbeth Surita, has registered 48 cases of Venezuelans missing in the border regions.

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