Iraq has once again postponed its first census in more than 20 years because of Kurdish-Arab wrangling over disputed areas in the north, Deputy Planning Minister Mehdi al-Alak told AFP on Tuesday. The delay to the census, which had been due to be held on December 5, is the latest in a string of deferrals […]
Kurdistan Region Presidency Chief of Staff, Fuad Hussein, said in a statement that the Kurdistan Region Presidency would not accept any more postponements to a national census. He affirmed that one must be held by the end of 2010. The Kurdistan Regional Government has already shown remarkable patience in waiting for the constitutionally-mandated census to […]
Iraq again postponed its first census in more than two decades because of political wrangling over disputed areas in the country's north, deputy planning minister Mehdi al-Alak said on Sunday, according to a report from AFP. The October 24 census has now been delayed until December 5, the latest in a string of deferrals that […]
