People in Kyrgyzstan knew that a rough winter was coming. But because Kyrgyzstan had deals to import electricity from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, it seemed to have solved some of its ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, December 3 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has wrapped up its emergency shelter programme in southern Kyrgyzstan after providing temporary homes for the more than 13,400 people ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, April 22 (UNHCR) - Hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers in Kyrgyzstan have thanked UNHCR for providing them with winter aid, saying it had helped them survive at a time of ...

A harsh winter awaits Kyrgyzstan. That was Kyrgyz Energy Minister Taalaibek Ibraev’s message to the country, as he recently revealed that the volume of water in the Toktogul Reservoir, which feeds ...

Although Central Asian countries have agreed to water allocations from the Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers until October 2026, the weather may decide if there will be enough to go around. Kyrgyzstan ...

With increased numbers of natural disasters happening, such as the current drought in East Africa and the recent succession of typhoons and earthquakes in South East Asia, it is easy to overlook the ...

Kyrgyzstan, facing dangerously low reservoir levels, agreed to limit winter hydropower use in exchange for electricity supplies from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The three states will coordinate water ...