New Career Opportunities in Iraq
By John Lee. The United Nations has advertised new positions in Iraq: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Erbil/Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) USAID Iraq Performance Management and Evaluation Services Activity, Social Impact, Inc. Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, IOM - International Organization for Migration Programme Specialist (Education), United Nations Educational, Scientific and […]
New Career Opportunities in Iraqi Kurdistan
By John Lee. The United Nations has advertised new positions in Iraqi Kurdistan: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, USAID/Iraq Performance Management and Evaluation Services (PMES) Activity, Dexis Consulting Group (Dexis) Livelihood Food Security Project Coordinator, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Security Risk Management Advisor, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Programme Officer, International Organization for Migration (IOM) […]
How is IBBC adapting to the COVID Challenges?
By Ashley Goodall. How is the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) adapting to the COVID challenges, as a Trade Council? There is never a more important time to engage our members than now. Not only are Iraqi based businesses facing lockdown in Iraq, but the oil price, on which many are dependent, has crashed by […]
Curfew Fails to Clear Iraqi Protest Squares
By Shelly Kittleson for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Coronavirus curfew fails to clear Iraqi protest squares Anti-government protests that began in October and raged through Iraq for months were officially suspended in late March as part of efforts […]
The PMU Is Getting More Aggressive in Iraq
By Seth J. Frantzman, for Foreign Policy. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The PMU Is Getting More Aggressive in Iraq In January, Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of Iraq's largest political party, traveled to Iran's holy city of Qom to meet […]
Market Review: "Iraq, Oil Prices and the Coronavirus"
By Ahmed Tabaqchali, CIO of Asia Frontier Capital (AFC) Iraq Fund. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. "The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers" -- Edgar Fielder The crash in oil prices, brought on by the oil price […]
NATO Enhances Training Mission in Iraq
By John Lee. The coronavirus pandemic dominated a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels last week, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. "We addressed a number of issues, including our missions in Afghanistan and Iraq and our support for Georgia and Ukraine, but our response to the COVID-19 was at the top of our agenda," […]
Iraq Produces COVID-19 Laboratory Supplies
Iraq produces COVID-19 laboratory supplies to more rapidly test cases In cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO), the COVID-19 Crisis Cell of Basrah University in southern Iraq has successfully produced urgently needed laboratory supplies to speed up testing of suspected cases. The global demand on supplies and equipment to fight COVID-19 has created a […]
Rocket Attack Targets Halliburton in Basra
By John Lee. At least three rockets are reported to have hit near Halliburton's site in the Burjesia area of Basra early on Monday morning. It is understood that the incident caused no casualties or damage. It is the first attack to target US energy interests in Iraq in recent months. (Sources: S&P Global Platts, […]
IBBC Members Rise to Coronavirus Challenge
By Ashley Goodall. At this challenging time what kind of activities are businesses undertaking in Iraq and how are they doing things differently? In canvassing Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) members, we found a consistent pattern of adaptation and response across the membership which can be summarized in three headings: Firstly, taking care of staff […]
Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden give $5m to Iraq COVID-19 Response
Belgium, Netherlands and Sweden commit $5 million to tackle COVID-19 outbreak The governments of Belgium, the Netherlands and Sweden have collectively committed US$5 million to support the Government of Iraq's response to the COVID-19 crisis, in partnership with UNDP Iraq. The funds, which were originally pledged under UNDP's Funding Facility for Stabilization to help rehabilitate […]
Japan provides an additional $3.6m for Housing in Iraq
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) welcomes an additional contribution of USD 3.6 million from the Government of Japan to support reconstruction and peacebuilding in Iraq through the rehabilitation of war-damaged houses and construction of low-cost housing units in Sinjar, Ninewa Governorate. Under the new phase of this project, UN-Habitat will improve living conditions […]