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1 – 10 of 21The firms aim to extract gold, lead, zinc, iron ore and copper across several Afghan provinces. Earlier this year, Afghanistan agreed a major contract relating to oil extraction…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282083
ISSN: 2633-304X
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KYRGYZSTAN: PM resignation should smooth election path
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES253299
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Vaccination, procurement and limited local production are in train but face many systemic obstacles. One state, Turkmenistan, claims it has never had a COVID-19 case, while…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259919
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KYRGYZSTAN: Cabinet change points to political calm
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES210876
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The detention is a success for new Prime Minister Sadyr Japarov, not as a strike against organised crime but as the possible removal of a powerful Jeenbekov-era figure. Japarov's…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256991
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KYRGYZSTAN: Jeenbekov's exit is a coup, not progress
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES256880
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President Sooronbay Jeenbekov confirmed the election date last month, although COVID-19 infections were high. The upheaval caused by the pandemic, party schisms and new election…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254606
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KYRGYZSTAN: Atambayev's arrest means total defeat
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES245722
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Japarov rose to power during a period of turmoil and was elected on a promise of delivering swift relief from poverty, the COVID-19 crisis, political instability and external…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258763
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The election is intended to close off a turbulent year that started with the October 2020 legislative polls, swiftly annulled amid mass protests and allegations of fraud, followed…