Project aims to heal Kyrgyzstan’s ethnic rift

A year on from violence, ‘Friendship House’ hopes to reconcile Uzbeks and Kyrgyz.

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Friday marks the first anniversary of the inter-ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan which killed nearly 500 people.

Clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks left thousands of homes destroyed and tens of thousands of people displaced.

Robin Forestier-Walker reports from Osh on an urban project that is aiming to reconcile the two sides.

Source: Al Jazeera