Tajikistan bets on giant dam to solve electricity crisis

Rogun, Tajikistan (AFP) Jan 10, 2025
In a remote village in Tajikistan's soaring mountains, Muslikhiddin Makhmudzoda relies on a mobile phone to light his modest home as his family spends another winter without electricity. Makhmudzoda's three children and wife were sitting huddled together to share the phone's flashlight in their modest brick home. A shortage of water needed to fuel hydroelectric plants has led to serious