Monday, October 11, 2021
When COVID-19 closed schools in Basra, southern Iraq, the academic prospects for many schoolgirls were put at risk. On International Day of The Girl Child, we look at a UN program which is helping girls in the region to keep learning. The 2,570...
Monday, April 26, 2021
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In the months after the first cases of COVID-19 appeared in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA),...
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Africa, Libya, Asia, Iraq, Syria, Yemen
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Sunday, April 12, 2020
The Higher Committee for Health and National Safety, which directs and coordinates Iraq’s national efforts to combat Covid-19, announced on Saturday that the Iraqi government was making available a temporary monthly grant to those affected by the...
Thursday, April 9, 2020
يتخذ تفشي فيروس كورونا (COVID-19) منحى تصاعدي مستمر في مختلف بلدان العالم رغم الاجراءات الاحترازية المتخذة لتطويق تفشي هذا الوباء الفتاك بين البشر. وفي العراق اتخذت خلية الازمة المشكّلة بموجب الأمر الديواني (٥٥ لسنة ٢٠٢٠) جملة من الخطوات للحد من تداعيات...
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
A contribution of US$1.5 million from the Republic of Korea will enable the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to provide cash assistance to some 68,000 vulnerable displaced Iraqis through electronic cash cards and mobile money transfers. WFP...
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
The World Bank Group and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) signed today a US$500,000 (£400,000) grant agreement to support Iraq’s efforts to strengthen social protection systems, working closely with its Ministry of...
Saturday, April 28, 2018
The Qatar Fund for Development signed on Thursday a $3m agreement with the World Food Program (WFP) to help displaced people in Iraq.
The agreement was signed by Ali Abdullah Al Dabbagh, Executive Director of the Strategic Planning...
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Asia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Qatar, Europe, United Kingdom
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Thursday, September 7, 2017
Iraq’s humanitarian crisis remains at alarming levels as years of conflict has left millions at risk of food insecurity. As the violence continues to force people to abandon their farms and agriculture-based livelihoods, the Food and Agriculture...
Thursday, July 13, 2017
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a contribution of AUD$4 million (approximately US$3 million) from the Government of Australia to provide multi-purpose cash assistance for almost 23,000 displaced Iraqis affected by conflict in Mosul...
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Asia, Iraq, Oceania, Australia
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Monday, May 29, 2017
In Iraq, more than 3 million people are food insecure. When the fighting becomes too intense and remaining in their home is too risky, men, women and children are often left with only one option, fleeing in a safer place, where they can receive...