Iraq is conducting its first comprehensive nationwide census in nearly four decades. The Ministry of Interior announced a two-day curfew for the extensive operation, which will see 120,000 ...

Iraq is holding its first nationwide census in nearly four decades this week, a long-awaited count in a nation that has been blighted by sectarian and.

Iraq will hold a nationwide census in October, its first in 22 years, mapping ethnic divisions in a survey which could encourage reconciliation or fan the feuds threatening its fragile calm.