Middle East

Comment: Oil Industry Fails to Fulfil Potential

Violence, corruption and smuggling are hindering efforts to exploit Iraq's massive oil reserves.

10 Sep 07

IWPR representatives attend international conferences on justice issues.

7 Sep 07

Local tribes who reap massive profits from stolen oil are likely to obstruct the authorities’ attempts to protect pipelines.

7 Sep 07

Kidnappings of students, murders of teachers and chaotic classrooms leave education in the capital close to collapse.

7 Sep 07

The killing of women to protect family honour continues across a number of regions of Iraq, often justified on religious and social grounds.

4 Sep 07

IWPR Special Report on Education in Iraq

4 Sep 07

Students linked to rival Shia parties and militias are throwing their weight around at the University of Basra.

31 Aug 07

As children begin returning to the classroom, the school infrastructure is in dire need of repair.

31 Aug 07

Extraordinary difficulties – and a few glimmers of hope – in Iraq's schools and universities.

31 Aug 07

Enterprising tribesmen, fed up with officials’ failure to address their education needs, build their own makeshift schools.

30 Aug 07

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