Reports 2020-07-12 Kirkuk farmers unable to sell their summer produce due to imported mass-produced cheap fruit and vegetable Turkish bombardments add to Iraqi Christians misfortunes: Dozens of families displaced and 10 churches closed In less than a month, dozens of Christian families at the Iraq-Turkey border region Music helps Kakayi family cope with losing much of their livelihood and home confinement At Bahman’s home, authentic traditional singing and reciting poetry are interfused with melodies from One of Shingal’s sub-districts is still cut off from the national electricity grid Shingal’s Giruzer (Qahtaniya) subdistrict does not get the national electricity feed due the destruction Living under lockdown with lack of electricity: Kirkuk residents suffer summer heat due to regular power “The government has forced a lockdown on us, and on top of that they A fight for survival Kaka’is left with three unpleasant options The Kaka’i minority in the disputed towns of Daquq and Khanaqin are left with COVID-19 reduces demand for olives produced by minority communities in Bashiqa The yield from Ihsan’s olive grove in Nineveh’s town of Bashiqa, which he spent Kaka’i farmer becomes bankrupt thrice due to Daesh and Covid-19 Jalil Ibrahim, a Kaka’i farmer, has gone bankrupt three times over the course of Child dies in Kifri as medical workers strike at hospitals The family of a nine-year-old child, after the death of their son, stormed Kifri Coronavirus consequences add to the suffering of Iraq’s Armenian minority “I swear, I can’t afford to buy masks and gloves to protect ourselves against Ezidis return home after six years of displacement “Let’s see if this is the last misery and if we can live in Kirkuk: suicide rate surges during three months of lockdown During the three months of lockdown, “20 suicide cases” have been recorded in Kirkuk COVID-19 shuts down century-old Kaka’i pottery factory COVID-19 has forced a skilled and experienced Kaka’i potter to shut down his business. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
