Soykechar, Uzbekistan – AFP Sifting through a greyish mixture of sand and pebble in the steppe of Uzbekistan, Khislat Ochilov was searching for gold. He is one of hundreds of new prospectors trying to strike it rich in a modern-day gold rush in the Central Asian country, chock-full of the precious metal. It was a […]
Tashkent, Uzbekistan – AFP Saodat Shermatova “cried with joy” after Uzbekistan, a former Soviet republic, lifted a ban last month on women working as bus drivers. “I was waiting a long time,” said the 49-year-old, who used to work in public transport maintenance in the Muslim state’s capital, Tashkent. Sherm...
