Iraq’s First Female Goodwill Ambassador
By Madeleine White, capacity building specialist and Editor-in-Chief of nina-iraq.com This article was original published by Nina Magazine, (www.nina-iraq.com) and is republished here with their permission. Iraq’s First Female Goodwill Ambassador: Making my Voice reach the Farthest Corners of the Earth Me’aad Hussein Sahar addresses women through “Nina” in this interview with Sana Bekki, telling […]
Lafarge Loses €24m on Iraq
By John Lee. A drop in cement volumes in Iraq has reduced Lafarge's third-quarter turnover by €24 million. In its results statement, the company said its ability to transport cement across the country was limited. Excluding the volume impact due to the specific situation in Iraq, cement volumes increased 3% at 'constant scope' in the […]
$173m Needed for Winter
The United Nations is calling for US$173.1 million to address the immediate needs of 1.26 million people across Iraq in need of assistance over winter. “More resources are urgently needed,” Jacqueline Badcock, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq, said. “Winter is here and in many parts of the country displaced populations are already being hit […]
UK Calls for Stronger Response to Sexual Violence
The British Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, William Hague (pictured), met Gordon Campbell, the Canadian High Commissioner to the UK, to discuss the use of sexual violence by ISIL in Iraq. Recent reports from the United Nations and human rights NGOs point to the systematic use of sexual violence by […]
Anbar Calls for Support to Fight IS
By Omar al-Jaffal for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. On Oct. 18, a delegation from the local government in Anbar province went to the Shiite province of Najaf to visit cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, under a media blackout. The Shiite cleric did […]
Currency Auction Results, 6th Nov
By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that 17 banks took part in its currency auction on Thursday. A total of $175,643,000 was sold at a price of 1166 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)
Iraq -- Accentuating the Positive
By Padraig O'Hannelly. Yesterday in London, the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) held its annual conference, this year under the banner: "Iraq -- Accentuating the Positive". And in contrast to the prevailing media depiction of Iraq, the tone was indeed very positive, with a full house of senior executives, diplomats and public officials sharing their […]
Haider al Abadi: Bringing Strategy to the Table
By Robert Tollast. “How is electricity?”, I asked. “Excellent” replied Marwan, a young student of Physics at the University of Dhi Qar. Marwan (not his real name) is studying wireless transmission, and one of his lecturers is currently in Leicester studying with a British Council initiative to bolster the academic capacity of Iraqi universities. Will […]
IOCs seek Independent Water Facilities
By John Lee. International oil companies (IOCs) in southern Iraq are seeking to push ahead with their own water injection facilities to meet production targets, according to a report from Platts. Malaysia's Petronas, operator of the Gharraf [Garraf] oil field, is the latest to ask the Ministry of Oil for permission to build a standalone […]
Iraq Develops Industrial Zones
The successful completion of the project “Enhancing investments to Iraq through industrial zone development”, implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), was marked at an event in Amman today. Funded by the Government of Italy, the project assisted the Government of Iraq in developing industrial zones that provide a favourable business environment for […]
Talisman Energy Updates on Topkhana
By John Lee. In its third-quarter results on Tuesday, Talisman Energy gave the following update on its operations in Iraq: In the Topkhana Block, the extensive well testing of the T-2 well has been completed. The results were consistent with the results of the long-term K-2 well test, in terms of fluid rates and composition, […]
World Bank Delegation to visit Iraq
By John Lee. The Iraqi Finance Ministry has announced that the World Bank plans to send a high-level delegation to Baghdad in the near future. NINA that the Finance Minister, Hoshyar Zebari, met with the World Bank's representative in Iraq, Robert Boujoda, to discuss cooperation between the government and the World Bank. Tthey also reviewed […]