A successful and uncorrupted presidency could craft a unified sense of national identity, but whether Kyrgyzstan’s new government can soothe tensions and improve economic stability remains to be seen.

These are men who make hundreds of trips a week, up and down the steep winding trail, ferrying literal bags of rocks on their heads in weather that hits 35 degrees every day.

It’s hard enough to figure out what Canada’s development aid is doing in Ecuador. But following the money is going to get even harder, since the development assistance from Canada is being stopped. Brett Popplewell reports.