Violence denies millions of children across Iraq access to education The staggered start of the academic year in Iraq concludes this week with close to two million children nationwide out of school. An additional 1.2 million children age 5 to 14 years old are at risk of dropping out. “The impact of conflict, violence and […]
The UN refugee agency has opened its most recent camp for internally displaced persons in Iraq’s restive Anbar province – host to the largest number of 3.2 million Iraqis uprooted across the country and where more than 250,000 civilians have fled their homes over the past six months. The new “Marzaki camp is strategically located […]
AMAR launches appeal to help Yazidi women and girls traumatised by ISIS British charity, the AMAR International Charitable Foundation, will on Wednesday launch an appeal to raise $500,000 (£300,000) to help treat thousands of young Yazidi women and girls who have suffered shocking mental trauma after being kidnapped and sexually abused by Islamic State (IS/ISIS) terrorists. […]
The UK will provide new life-saving support to tens of thousands of Iraqis forced to flee their homes by the brutal rise of ISIL, International Development Minister Desmond Swayne (pictured) has announced. Speaking during a visit to Iraq, Mr Swayne set out how £20 million in new funding from the UK would provide medical care, […]
The UN refugee agency, its partners and local authorities have opened two new camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Baghdad province, providing shelter to close to 3,500 Iraqis who have had to flee Anbar province due to recent fighting. Sadr Al Yusufiya camp (pictured) opened on Tuesday (September 22), six kilometres from Bzeibiz bridge, […]
By Ali Mamouri for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Media outlets are broadcasting the departure of hundreds of thousands of Syrians and Iraqis from their countries toward Europe by boat, train or on foot. The scenes of escape and displacement coupled with panic […]
UN agencies launch call centre to provide displaced communities across Iraq with information on humanitarian assistance To call the IDP Information Centre, dial 6999 from an Iraqi mobile phone. A national hotline for Iraqi citizens affected by the ongoing humanitarian crisis has been launched to provide timely information on humanitarian services such as food distribution […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Soaring temperatures and inadequate resources do little to discourage Iraq's internally displaced students from quitting school. Al Jazeera's Mohammed Jamjoom reports from the outskirts of Baghdad:
The IOM Iraq Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), published this week, identified 3,171,606 internally displaced Iraqis (528,601 families) from January 2014 through 30 July 2015. Based on the available information and the DTM methodology, the UN Humanitarian Country Team has now revised its planning figures for the humanitarian response to 3.2 million internally displaced persons (IDPs). […]
A severe funding shortfall in Iraq is pushing the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to cut the amount of aid it delivers to nearly one million displaced people in the war-torn country, the Organization has confirmed. “Unfortunately, lack of funds and the rise in the number of displaced Iraqis forces us to reduce the […]
The latest IOM Iraq Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) has identified more than 3.1 million Iraqis displaced by conflict since the beginning of 2014. This number includes over 250,000 individuals displaced from Ramadi, the capital of Anbar governorate, since April 2015. The DTM has identified 3,112,914 persons displaced by conflict in Iraq. The majority, 67 per […]
This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Second Hand Holidays in Kut: Displaced Iraqis Equal Boom for Used Goods Market In the city of Kut, one of the biggest beneficiaries of this year's Eid al-Fitr holiday – […]
