CIVICUS speaks with Eric Bjornlund, President and CEO of Democracy International, about the impacts of the US foreign aid freeze and the resulting legal challenges the Trump administration is facing.

Kadyrbek Atambayev— the son of the former President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev, was detained at Bishkek airport while ...

As DOGE takes aim at the Peace Corps, the sudden cancellation of the June departure of new volunteers to Kyrgyzstan “is ...

The SGLA system was officially established in the Kyrgyz Republic following the adoption of Law No. 201 on State-Guaranteed Legal Aid in December 2016. This became an important step in the state’s ...

Backed by $25 million in funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, over five years, the project has now shut down following the Trump administration’s decision to cut ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 20. Kyrgyzstan is ready to support initiatives aimed at developing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as discussed within the framework of the Conference on ...

International humanitarian groups are still reeling from President Trump slashing hundreds of jobs and spending by the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID. There are consequences large ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, May 19. President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov and permanent representatives of several countries to the United Nations discussed cooperation on ecology and sustainable ...

China is striving to expand its footprint in Central Asia, hoping to take advantage of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the US Agency for International Development and the broader cuts in ...

But he doesn't have one himself. Sara Gopalan, who worked as a USAID-implementing partner staffer for 20 years, surveyed nearly 100 other humanitarian aid workers who, like her, are currently ...