by Theresa Shaffer | Aug 4, 2014 | Monitor
African leaders to convene in D.C. for summit focused on economic potential Juliet Eilperin / The Washington Post Nearly 50 African heads of state and government will gather this week for an unprecedented meeting in Washington that holds the prospect of reframing the...
by Charles Cameron | Apr 21, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — third and last of three Easter posts ] . ** Voice of Russia reports: The Holy Fire has been descending in the Holy Sepulcher Church, in a small chapel called Kuvuklia, for more than one millennium. The famous Church Father St. Gregory of...
by Rory Johnston | Jul 23, 2013 | Monitor
At 141 billion barrels, the Republic of Iraq holds the fifth largest total proven oil reserves and the third largest proven conventional oil reserves in the world. It is also likely that Iraq’s oil position has nowhere to go but up. Due to continuous conflict over the...
by Kaitlyn Huppmann | Feb 1, 2013 | Monitor
2012 was a banner year for the oil industry in Iraq. Production has surged, making it to the second largest oil producer in OPEC and some have projected that Iraq could double production by 2020. Unfortunately, with the New Year has come heightened internal tension...
by Charles Cameron | Nov 12, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the PKK and religion, my own ignorance and curiosity ] . Flag of the Iraqi Kurds, not a PKK flag — but see below… ** The PKK is important in a “first cousin once removed” kind of way, if I’m understanding...
