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Trump administration unveils expanded travel ban

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Admin

Nationals of Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar and Nigeria affected
Separate move will stop ‘diversity visas’ for Sudan and Tanzania

The Trump administration is expanding the reach of its controversial travel ban to six additional countries.

The United States will stop issuing visas that offer a path to residency to nationals from Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan, Myanmar and Tanzania, said Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of homeland security, in a conference call on Friday.

Kyrgyzstan’s former president detained after violent clashes

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Admin

Previous attempt to arrest Almazbek Atambayev led to fighting between soldiers and his supporters

Police in Kyrgyzstan have detained the former president after violent clashes with his supporters, a day after a previous attempt to arrest him left one police officer dead and nearly 80 people injured.

The violence has raised the threat of fresh turmoil in the former Soviet country, which borders China and hosts a Russian military airbase. There have been two revolutions in Kyrgyzstan since 2005.