When Mohammed Shia` al-Sudani became prime minister of Iraq in October 2022 after a year of impasse and political infighting, he made it a priority to combat endemic corruption in the country and help restore citizen trust in government institutions. But thus far, and twenty years after the US-led invasion, Iraq’s democracy remains dysfunctional under his leadership, subverted
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By Timour Azhari, Maher Nazeh and Ahmed Saeed BAGHDAD, July 11 (Reuters) - When Jacob Nemec's family heard he was planning to go on holiday in Iraq, they pleaded with the 28-year-old American to reconsider. "I got a text from my grandma for the first time in five years saying - being your grandmother and to respect me - I would appreciate if you don't go. I got
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By Ahmed Rasheed and Timour Azhari June 12, 20234:14 AM GMT+2Updated a month ago [1/3]Iraqi lawmakers attend a parliamentary session to vote on the federal budget at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, June 11, 2023. Iraqi Parliament Media Office/Handout via REUTERS BAGHDAD, June 12 (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament on Monday approved a 2023 budget of 1
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Majd Zaghir As highlighted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Iraq ranks as the fifth most vulnerable country to climate change, with factors such as decreased water and food availability, extreme temperatures, and intensified droughts affecting its ecosystems and farmers. These changes in climate patterns have significant consequences for agriculture produc
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Abstract The agriculture sector in Rwanda with its five component sub-sectors, namely; food crops, cash crops, live-stock, fisheries, and forestry, is one of the leading sectors in the economy. It contributed more than 33.2 percent to Rwandan gross domestic product (GDP) in 2014 and is a pivotal sector in employing the largest proportion of the national labour for
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