Kazakhstan
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Suisse Secrets: The Kazakhstan president’s offshore stash
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has sought to distance himself from his predecessor, but his family has its own secrets: Moscow apartments, Swiss bank accounts — and a money trail that…
Students ‘abandoned’ in Wuhan
Africans living in China want to be evacuated
An arms dealer’s guide to philanthropy
Selling weapons systems to Saudi Arabia is not incompatible with charity work, argues Ivor Ichikowitz
The ups and downs of drug-delivering drones
From the Ganges River to Ghana, drones are delivering vaccines, HIV tests and blood transfusions and cutting waiting times for life-saving healthcare
Rigged votes aren’t just an African thing
The average quality of elections around the world is much lower than most people realise
Kanye West pockets $3m to perform for Kazakhstan president
Rapper Kanye West has been paid millions after performing at the wedding of controversial President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s grandson, says reports.
The ‘-stan’ guide J Lo should have read before she sang in Turkmenistan
Do you know your Kazakhstan from your Kyrgyzstan? Read on to avoid singing happy birthday to a despotic ruler in this region.
Three-man Soyuz craft lands safely in Kazakhstan
A Soyuz capsule with two Russians and an American on board has touched down safely in mild weather on the sweeping steppes of central Kazakhstan.
The centre of Eurasia
Although the Kazakh people have a long and storied history, the country was part of the USSR until its breakup in the early 1990s.
Building bilateral relations
The first Session of Inter-Governmental Consultations was concluded between SA and Kazakhstan.
A new decade, economic growth, and opportunities for Kazakhstan
An excerpt from the Address of President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev to the People of Kazakhstan.
Cosatu: Motlanthe’s approach to Zim ‘disappointing’
President Kgalema Motlanthe is no different from former president Thabo Mbeki in his position on the Zimbabwe issue, Cosatu said on Thursday.
South Korea’s first astronaut blasts off
South Korea’s first astronaut, Yi So-yeon, blasted off into space on Tuesday, prompting her mother, apparently overwhelmed by the occasion, to scream and fall to the ground. In…
Dozens killed in Kazakh mine blast
The death toll in a Kazakh coal mine explosion rose to 30 on Sunday when authorities gave up hope of rescuing 23 trapped miners and said they could not have survived. ”The high…
Kazakh leader’s party sweeps parliamentary polls
The party of President Nursultan Nazarbayev has won all seats in Kazakhstan’s new Parliament, according to preliminary results announced on Sunday by the Central Elections…