Sinuni, 31 August 2017: To ensure tenure security to Iraqui Yazidi people, UN-Habitat has handed over occupancy certificates for renovated houses to returnees in Sinuni and Sinjar in the Ninewah Governorate.
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Mosul, 8 December 2016 – The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in Iraq has published a comprehensive urban analysis on Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city and the focus of an international military campaign to liberate it from occupation by the terrorist group that calls itself “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).”
Government of Japan offers Hope for Internally Displaced Students in Fallujah
28 June 2016 - With generous support from the Government of Japan, temporary premises providing 25 classrooms, 128 residential units with accommodation for 512 students,
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Inequality adjusted Human Development Index rank: 120/187 (2013)
Population: 35.1 million (2014)
Youth population (15-29): 28% (2014)
Internally Displaced Persons (Anbar/Mosul crisis) 3.3 million (2015)
Population Growth Rate: 3% (2013)
Urbanization Growth Rate: 3% (2013)
Proportion of urban population living in slum areas: 7.7% (2013)
More than 4,800 IDPs to benefit from new shelter site in Iraq
Darkar Ajam, Iraq 13 May 2016—A new shelter site for internally displaced persons (IDPs) aimed at housing some 4,800 IDPs Darkar Ajam, Zakho District, Dohuk Governorate, was inaugu