This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 30 October 2024 Battered by a five-year civil war at the onset of its independence, Tajikistan has struggled with poverty and instability ...

Tajikistan's acute debt woes likely mean that the beleaguered Central Asian state will become the scene of increasing geopolitical competition. Tajikistan's external debt has been steadily climbing in ...

Tajikistan’s human rights record deteriorated in 2014, as authorities continued to crack down on freedom of expression, imprisoned opposition leaders, pressured a leading independent news agency, and ...

Strong GDP growth continued in 2019, remaining robust at 7.2 percent year-on-year in the first three quarters of 2019. Growth will slow to around 5.5–5.0 percent over the period 2020–21, reflecting ...

The human rights situation in Tajikistan remains poor. The government persisted in 2012 with enforcing a repressive law on religion, and introduced new legislation further restricting religious ...

Tajikistan ranks among the world’s most vulnerable countries to land degradation, according to a November report from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Nearly 70 percent of the country ...

Patrolling the Tajik border (file photo) (ITAR-TASS) A court in Tajikistan has just sent 17 Afghans to prison for killing a number of Tajik police officers and for trafficking drugs and weapons across ...

For the past 25 years, the World Bank Group has partnered with Tajikistan to help boost economic growth, reduce poverty and unleash the country’s full development potential. The World Bank Group’s ...

Tajikistan possesses vast hydropower resources, along with significant untapped potential for solar and wind energy. According to recent analyses, the economically viable potential for solar energy in ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Mr Ilhom Mirsaidzoda, Director of the Chemical, ...

(epa) On 13 December, RFE/RL Tajik Service correspondent Latif Latifi spoke with Hungarian-born U.S. philanthropist George Soros in New York. Soros was participating in a special plenary session of ...

Battered by a five-year civil war at the onset of its independence, Tajikistan has struggled with poverty and instability since 1991. It remains dependent on Russia both for its economy and to help ...